Im not associated the loser you are going to do because israel tested democracy. The ballots are being counted in the race to see if it will be a former football great or liberias Vice President who will lead the nation for the next six years. Im about this 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 years president ial 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 well look back on the Political Violence that took the life of this couples six month old child in kenya. And we start in liberia votes are being counted in the president ial Runoff Election workers say the turnout hasnt been as high as a top of his first round but polling has been peaceful in the west african nations 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 also the running mate for the main opposition candidate in two thousand and eleven. His rival joseph book i has held posts in the private sector and in government including being agriculture minister the seventy three year old has served as Vice President under president Ellen Johnson sirleaf since two thousand and six but despite his twelve years of service shes endorsed george were more now from the hollowed out o. 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 floss to round official say the reduction of candidates from twenty two just to may have cost the among voters a kindle four for the socalled. New processor score smoke this morning and i hope. This morning the qantas is between a former International Football star george where and why is president just what guy the wino would replace africas first female head of state Ellen Johnson sirleaf who came to power after the countrys last civil war told me years ago im not as they were losing him to do this theres virtually no they said that im going to win. Now we know george seventy two year old Joseph Walker has served as les beauteous Vice President since two thousand and six he too wanted in the capital were going to do it because of the transfer of democracy we went in one way during your work and i would use it to. We have gone through to process this is what the president should do were willing to live with both where promising peace in liberia and also want an end to corruption in one of the worlds poorest countries. If the results hold it will be the first time in generations the flood videos will witness the transfer of power from one elected leader to another International Observers also praising what they call a Violence Free pool sis finally in liberia the bottle books placed bullets but this is a big election for everyone who is following democracy west africa the trend has certainly been you know more towards the democratic shift and really rooting that more 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 they will then a commission has two weeks within which to declare the results its official so how about confident that well have them ready in four days Mohammed Atta will just. Be allowed beaty. Perus former president called out of forty mori has asked for forgiveness from peruvians thousands of people have a protested in lima after president petro public which in ski announced he was pardoning for gymboree on humanitarian grounds were more hes been serving a twenty five Year Prison Sentence for corruption and crimes against humanity committed while he was in office in the one nine hundred ninety s. Charlotte bellas has more. Chaos in lima these peruvians are furious the former president Alberto Fujimori was pardoned by the current president picture a public christian ski a man they believe was trying to save his political korea. And 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. To do more he was serving a twenty five Year Prison Sentence for murder his kidnappings and disappearances carried out by a government death squad during his time in office he led 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 kaczynski. 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 ask 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. Saved president kaczynski 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. Or say sorry 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. The pardon was but 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 in saving the economy from collapse. The fujimoris critics the death squads still hold them with a hes imprisoned or not they say they will voice their calls for justice bellus al jazeera the kremlin says calls by russian Opposition Campaign i like seeing the volley to boycott next years election should be investigated see if they break the law volleys asked people to stay away from the poll next march after he was barred from running as a candidate against a blood in the prison Officials Say hes ineligible because of a suspended prison sentence he says his conviction was politically motivated rory chalons as in the 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 poll suggests 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 the valley could have done if hed been allowed say on state t. V. With his Anti Corruption message so in a rally 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 normally see political protests live gorgon is a Senior Analyst in Russian Affairs with the consultancy march from i. H. S. Market she says the kremlins investigation into the valley will be viewed very differently inside russia. Russian media which is totally controlled by the state has done a really great job to to portray this fall out as the fault of the west of the americans that they are jealous of of rising russia under putin and that theyre trying to undermine russia by any means possible by sanctions the conspiracy that even the oil prices jordan dropped just to hurt the russian economy but on the other hand you have a new generation that actually. They have no no other leader but putin and they want to change and this is the pocket of voters that nonviolent is happening now. Is playing a long term game this is not about Upcoming Elections time is on the site hes forty one put in the sixty five and he knows that in the long term he stands a better chance than anyone else that is in in the Political Landscape at the moment to to beat for the presidency having said that i have to say that we havent seen any change of government in russia that comes from the bottom up something has to happen weve seen the ruling elite and something has to have been with the economy to try to bring all these factors together to see real change of government meanwhile russias president Vladimir Putin has been nominated for reelection as an independent candidate putins been in power for eighteen years and is expected to win another six year term so far his refrain from campaigning he has praised the efforts of his government in managing the economy. Solution of course these would be difficult years for both the country and for those who had to ensure Stable Development and overcome the difficulties that stemmed from the World Economy i can say that the russian government not only did everything that it could but in my opinion even more than that you have essentially solved all the economic tasks at hand. Russias Main Opposition Party has formally nominated a t. V. Personality is subject to run against putin excuse election subject he is the daughter of putins former mentor Anatoly Sobchak that was the first elected mayor of St Petersburg but critics of subject say her decision to run plays into the hands of the kremlin by creating an artificial contest. The u. S. Has imposed sanctions on two north korean scientists linked to the countrys Missile Program the u. S. And south korea say kim jong sick and repealing chola 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 choosing Officials Says the United Arab Emirates has gathered intelligence that female fighters returning from iraq and syria may be trying to use chin mizzi and passports to stage attacks the u. A. E. Caused outrage earlier this week by banning female changes in citizens from landing in the gulf states leading to protests in tunis and north african country responded by barring emirates flight from tunisia and demanded an apology just as in the government says the u. A. E. Did not communicate its reasons for the ban properly and says it 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 after the continuous calls with the emmy 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 Mexican Police have arrested a suspect in the murder of a crime journalist hong carlos money and all choice is accused of planning the killing of middle slava brioche in march but there she was shot several times as she drove out of a garridge mexico is one of the worlds most dangerous countries for reporters with at least sixteen journalists killed there in the last three years and the us canada and the European Union have joined top u. N. Officials in demanding the release of two reuters journalists are being held in me in ma while loan and co so were arrested earlier this month after they were invited to meet Police Officials on the outskirts of young gone me amar accuses the reporters of planning to share in the eagerly acquired information 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 bangladesh since august still ahead an aljazeera hes known as the atlas of Palestine Texas deep into the history of the jerusalem conflict and a look at the legacy of pakistans first female head of state one decade after her assassination. From sunsets. To sunrise a top police. Welcome back the weather across much of eastern china is looking fine at the moment sunshine from shanghai down to hong kong taipei two should enjoy bright weather but we have got this heavy rain across the far south of china into northern parts of vietnam so some rain likely and annoy as we head into thursday will find that rain continuing here indeed rain developing further towards the north and east across the rest of indo china some showers likely for lesbia margery looking fine weve gone very close to thirty degrees into southeastern parts of asia the remnants of tembin most no trouble oppression breaking up around the gulf of thailand system heavy showers here otherwise not too bad across this region but the showers are in the philippines especially in more southern areas so heavy showers across parts of malaysia in borneo and then seen some storms your shares in singapore and kuala lumpur so head on into thursday the risk of showers will generally decrease somewhat lets push across into south asia now and here still a threat of a few showers affect in sri lanka but otherwise its looking largely fine some cloud across Northern Areas perhaps a little bit of snow up over the himalayas otherwise the problems ferdie mist and fog for delhi but temperature wise were looking at a high seer of twenty three degrees celsius. The weather sponsored by qatar at least. A war on terror begins right now but it does not in no terrorist state poses a greater or more immediate threat than the regime of Saddam Hussein this is a regime that has something to hide they have here a significant Propaganda Machine and guess what not one w m d shite was found any rock since one nine hundred ninety one iraq identity deception at this time on al jazeera. Youre watching all just zero on a reminder of our top stories counting is underway after a peaceful day of voting in liberias president ial Runoff Election observers say the turnout its much lower than it was during the first strike and of tobruk voters have had to choose between former International Football the job where and Vice President joseph buckeye. Kremlin is calling for an investigation into whether russian Opposition Leader alexey no holiday has broken the law by calling for a boycott of next years election meanwhile buses president Vladimir Putin has been nominated to run as an independent candidate its. Mexican police have arrested a suspect in the murder of a crying journalist on call this morning or is accused of planning the killing of middle slava but in march mexicos one of the worlds most dangerous countries reporters with at least sixteen journalists killed there in the last three years. Its five months now since i saw fighters were driven out of the northern iraqi city of mosul that was devastated under isis rule and during the iraqi governments fight to retake the city but as. Christmas for the first time in years there are signs that most businesses are beginning to recover bonamy phillips reports. In parts of mosul it seems a city is coming back to life the people relieved the economy reviving. Mahmoud a tailor saw all his equipment destroyed during the shelling somehow he must start again. I cannot resume work simply because im short of materials i need textiles and other equipment businesses and tradesmen must join hands to bring back life to decision the state and the people must come together and this has not happened yet. Mosul famous for its markets selig projects from the surrounding countryside now the crowds have returned the people hope the city has left its darkest days behind the journey you know what. We are making swith progress at all levels industry commerce the movement of people we had not expected things to go so fast we are confident the residents of know and most will want to help the federal and local governments. But all these streets west of the tigris the tangled deborah of war has barely been moved this all that remains of the Old Commercial center the reconstruction of mosuls buildings and its peoples confidence will take many years but to be philips aljazeera. Officials in yemen are blaming the Saudi Led Coalition for an airstrike in a crowded market thats killed at least twenty five people including several children more than thirty others were wounded in the attack on the Western Province of titans Rights Groups have accused the coalition of bombing civilian gatherings across yemen since the start of its air campaign against the rebels in march twenty fifteen an Israeli Court has extended the detention of a palestinian teenager her mother and her cousin they would have arrested this week ago after this video was posted online it shows sixteen year old ahmed al tell me pushing and hitting an israeli soldier the incident reportedly happened after a relative of the family was shot in the face by Israeli Forces and critically injured the teenagers appeared in several other videos challenging israeli soldiers. The u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital is being debated across the world the citys holy for people from three faiths but at the core of the issue is an occupation that shows no signs of ending so how do you reconcile the conflict without disrupting the right to worship for all we spoke to a historian widely known as the atlas of palestine jerusalem is palestinian longer than london is. Is muslim and christian population have been living there for thousands of years they have no theory they have been there long time ago and now they are returning they have never left jerusalem and they were absolute majority of population until recently when the colonial jewish european settlement started in palestine there are no legal basis whatsoever for israel to occupy or to declare sovereignty on jerusalem there is a natural right for anybody from any faith Muslim Christian and jew to live and worship peacefully what shipping peacefully doesnt mean that you kill people take their homes and kick them out there was no motivation by early zionists about jerusalem from a religious point of view they wanted only to expand the area applied in palestine to make israel and when that includes at least western jerusalem that will attract more jews from abroad to come to become citizens in palestine the palestinian claim is very simple they always lived in palestine they all lived in jerusalem even before it became christian and then after that it became largely muslim even before that cananites the palestinians. The natural inhabitants a police star and a goddess of the religion they have adopted the time so to talk about people who were there and then came back to recover something they claim to have lost two thousand years ago is indian it disingenious is really is very strange in eight hundred seventy one the british sent a mission to palestine to make a set of eight of but history they spent forty years surveying palestine and they produced twenty six maps and ten volumes and in that they have stated that old studies have shown that the palestinians we met at the end of the last century are the same palestinians who have been living there for thousands of years so who is the foreigner a foreigner who came from the ghettos at least in europe to look at the country of pakistan and to claim that the people who live there for a thousand years are not natives of the country they are who are the foreigners they are the natives and that is something not accepted by any part in the world except those who believe in racism and about a tired. Its been ten years since pakistans first female head of state was assassinated Benazir Bhutto was killed at a Campaign Rally after a suicide bomber detonated explosives while hyder has more on the legacy she left behind. Oh. Gould in the art of complicated pakistani politics by how far duck vilsack aurally Portal Energy dope became the was youngest Prime Minister and pakistans first woman head of state. Was acting and incredibly. Joining her last time she got such wide screen off. Literally everything she wasnt really into she was the thing that isnt fully she had a strong command on foreign funding she had intense interest in. Pakistan the bottom of the pyramid Prime Minister twice be interviewed was unable to recover from corruption charges during her second term as Prime Minister she was barred from politics but i managed he did with general musharraf in two thousand and seven paved the way for her return in october two thousand and seven venerated returned to pakistan ending almost eight. She had a narrow escape procession was bombed into southern port city of karachi but despite that her life continued read the political rally across the country however little did she know that the rally hadnt got bob. Her life despite the security tricks i mean there determinately she was the region really she lost her life is struggling for the betterment of the muscles of. His her come into pakistan. Was that when there was she made up her mind when. It was picked over anything and she knew or used it months before her return to pakistan yemen prime ill judge later certain. About that security attached to her lives some of them the rogue elements had been working with al qaeda possibly on one assassination attempt on you i do believe that there are elements within the security of paris particularly those who are dissociated the prime jihad of the eightys against the soviets who still have links with some of the taliban elements and the al qaida elements it was she feared were try to kill her yeah. Today i think the rally in rawalpindi what do emerge from i had her on top of a very good wave to her. Moment a suicide bomber blew himself up. Again ten years ago and she stands remembered by friendly unfortunately a. Great loss for democracy. Box marked on. As two thousand and seventeen comes to an end were looking back at some of the biggest stories of the year through the eyes of five families and part four we speak to a kenyan family who lost their six month old daughter during Political Violence following a disputed president ial election aljazeera is Catherine Sawyer reports from consumer. Joseph and his wife linda are still trying to come to terms of the killing of the six month old daughter samantha pendle. They say she died from a severe head injury when police raided their home in the town of. This was in august just after the fast president ial election when president was declared the winner. Supporters of Opposition Leader the took to the streets in protest. Police responding with tear gas batons and live ammunition joseph and learned so however say they were attacked in their home at night. Its been an unpredictable and volatile Election Year in kenya the Supreme Court over time to the oldest paul citing irregularities of fast in africa. Then withdrew from the repeat election saying the Commission First needed reforms. Rerun went ahead anyway in october. One thousand percent of the vote but only a fag of the nine hundred million registered voters cast their ballots. All the while political brinkmanship deeply divided the country along partisan lines continue street confrontations between police and protesters only making things worse more than thirty people including baby panda have died in the violence since august and are used to play here and on that night in august her family and neighbors say police came banging on doors they used tear gas to force people out of their houses pendle was in her mothers arms when they were being beaten she did not stand a chance. Of a doubt she will ever vote again. And internet. She also says theyll continue to seek justice. Kathy. West in kenya. This is al jazeera these are the top stories counting is underway after a peaceful day of voting in liberias president ial Runoff Election observers say the turnout its much lower than it was during the first try and tolbert voters have had to choose between former International Footballer george weah and Vice President joseph buckeye the kremlin says calls by a russian Opposition Campaigner alexina vile need to boycott next years election should be investigated to see if they break the law meanwhile russias president Vladimir Putin has been nominated for reelection as an independent candidate. Of course these would be difficult years for both the country and for those who had to ensure Stable Development and overcome the difficulties that stemmed from the World Economy i can say that the russian government not only did everything that it could but in my opinion even more than that you have essentially solved all the economic tasks at hand perus former president Alberto Fujimori has asked for forgiveness from peruvians thousands of people protested in lima after president petro public announced he was pardoning fujimori on humanitarian grounds for modi has been serving a twenty five Year Prison Sentence for corruption and crimes against humanity committed in office in the one nine hundred ninety s. The u. S. Has imposed sanctions and to north korean scientists linked to the countrys Missile Program the u. S. And south korea say khinjan sick and repealing child a senior figures in the Ballistic MissileDevelopment Team of north Korean Leader kim jong. Mexican police have arrested a suspect in the murder of a crime journalist one colace money offshore is accused of planning the killing of middle slava british in march and 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 in ma while alone and killed saul who was arrested earlier this month they were working on stories about the military crackdown thats forced over six hundred fifty thousand range of muslims to go to bangladesh coming up next its inside story by finance. High hopes of continued peace and stability in liberia as protests choose a new leader the towel with a supposed enhanced democracy in a country that has seen its share of violence and what would it mean for the region this is inside