Hello im Barbara Sarah and this is the news hour live from london thank you for joining us coming up in the next sixty minutes polls close in liberias president ial runoff with voters choosing between a former football superstar and a Vice President the roots of former president. Pleads for forgiveness as thousands of protesters rallied against his release from prison the kremlin says it wants a russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny investigated for calling for a boycott of next years president ial election and driving to a new future we examine the rise in vehicles and ask what it means for the humans who drive from the thing. And im fan of commerce with all the days sport including defending champions qatar staring at Group Stage Elimination from the gulf cup but off the new zing against iraq. Lets start the program in liberia were polls have officially closed in the president ial runoff its the first democratic transition of power in the west. In nation in seventy three years how
A third night of demonstrations which the government says are being whipped up by outsiders well explore how tech savvy iranians are getting around online blackouts also on the grid the playing call made by a video gamer that us police say led to a man being shot dead investigators are treating it as a case of swatting which is when someone tricks heavily armed officers into responding to a fake emergency like a murder a bomb threat or hostage situation well find out why its a growing problem in the gaming world and for those a few in new zealand and most of australia and right now south korea happy new year these are live pictures from seoul which is the latest major city to welcome twenty eight thousand with fireworks and plenty of celebration were keeping an eye on festivities as the claw gradually strikes midnight around the world and as we ring in the new year ill be looking at the top trends an Online Campaign that twenty seven. And came to hear your thoughts on the year that was
Also ahead sign of progress north korea accepts songs offer to hold high level talks on tuesday a socalled bombsite clone sweeps into the east more from there to what states by simple record breaking cold and scrambling to fix a bug found on computer chips tech firms try to patch a security flaw but could affect millions of devices worldwide. The white house is threatening legal action over a damning book about u. S. President donald trump the upcoming book fire and fury inside the Trump White House paints a highly critical picture of life inside the oval office and describes the president mentally unfit for the job Don Estabrook has more. President Donald Trumps press secretary came out swinging thursday saying americans are more concerned about policy then a new book on the white house i dont think they really care about some trash and author that no one had ever heard of until today or a fired employee wants to peddle earlier attorneys for the president sent a cease and desist lette
Tries to stop the release of a Controversial Book about Donald Trumps presidency. A socalled clone sweeps into the eastern part of north america with states bracing for record breaking cold. Scrambling to fix a bug found in computer chips tech firms rushed to patch a security flaw which could affect billions of devices worldwide plus. Im going hey in northern thailand home to many ethnic minority groups many People Living in these hills whove lived here generations but still cant officially call thailand home. The white house is threatening legal action over the damning book about u. S. President donald trump the upcoming book fire and fury inside the white house paints a highly critical picture of life inside the oval office describes a president. Mentally unfit for the job Diane Estabrook has more. President Donald Trumps press secretary came out swinging thursday saying americans are more concerned about policy then a new book on the white house i dont think they really care about s
Also coming up. An Early Release for a Controversial Book about the u. S. President and the white house donald trump says its. For the government in iran. Set to meet to discuss a week of protests against economic problems. Are hard or soft well look ahead to whats in store for the u. K. And. North korea has accepted the souths proposal for official talks on tuesday the meeting will be held in the Demilitarized Zone the area between the two countries earlier this week Cross Border Communications between. Reopened for the first time in two thousand and fifteen set to focus on north korean participation in next months Winter Olympics in chiang. A research fellow. For north korean studies joins us now live from seoul good to have you with us so the focus of these talks is supposed to be the Winter Olympics one of the chances of getting on the table. Well coding to the museum of natural unification of south korean government the government to govern meetings will be focused on talking abou