hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the value of uk wages has fallen at the fastest rate since records began after taking into account the rising cost of living. household budgets are being squeezed by rising food, fuel and energy costs. average pay fell by 3% between april and june, when adjusted for inflation. that means prices are rising at an even faster rate, despite growth in regular pay excluding bonuses. meanwhile, job vacancies continued to increase, although the rate is slowing. the rise in the cost of living has prompted workers and unions across several industries to call for inflation matching pay rises with some, such as rail workers, going on strike. but the government claims the employment figures show the resilience of the uk economy. our business correspondent nina warhurst has more details on those uk job figures. average pay is growing faster than for 15 years but what is crucial at the moment, what everybody watching will
Its election day in liberia polls in the president ial runoff open just one hour from now. Hello again pete over here in with your top stories from al jazeera also coming up about a Million People are forced to move in vietnam ahead of a Violent Storm thats already brought death and destruction to the philippines. Perus president defends his controversial decision to park a jailed plus peace prize the automation to. Order me to say everything was is for the development of Driverless Cars could drive thousands right out of a job. Ok our top story we begin in liberia where the polls open in just under one hours time in the president ial runoff thats expected to lead to the first democratic transition of power in seventy three years the former football oh george weah is taking on the current Vice President joseph unemployment and corruption are the big Campaign Issues al jazeera is muhammad is in the capital monrovia and sent this report. In the contest for the liberian presidency this mo
And live from studio fourteen he had aljazeera headquarters in doha and jane dutton well come to the news good because the first female president in africa and one of these men will be in charge one of former football or the other the current Vice President if it all goes well liberia will have its first democratic transition of power in seventy three years weve got a live update from the capital and the vote and what it means for the countrys future also in the news good more unrest in peru after a decision to pardon a former president about to forge a mori had been serving a twenty five year sentence for crimes against humanity and corruption president pedro public a chance he calls the pardon the most difficult decision obvious live so why did he do it examine that we look at chinas expanding footprint in afghanistan this time as a peacemaker between pakistan and the Afghan Government up for discussion economic and Security Cooperation we explore these developments with a regional s
Overreacted to the self inauguration of the Opposition Leader, raila 0dinga, as the peoples president . Critics argue that its true authoritarian colours have been exposed by its response to the move. Its also put a deep spotlight on the effectiveness of president Uhuru Kenyattas government. My guest is raphael tuju, the secretary general of the Ruling Jubilee Party. Raphael tuju, general secretary of kenyas Ruling Jubilee Party here in nairobi, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Your Governments Authority and legitimacy has been severely challenged, hasnt it, by the self inauguration as the peoples president by raila 0dinga, the Opposition Leader . Thats rabble rousing from raila 0dinga. Weve seen that before, and its nothing to write home about. Youve not seen this before, though. Hes never declared himself peoples president. Well, sometimes you dont argue with people like those. I mean, what does it mean to be peoples president . Its childs play. And you dont see it as a challenge to y
A new norm about having some normal volatility. Also coming up a mother mourns her murdered son an exclusive report on loan for smith in kenya were being poor and a man can easily come with a death sentence. Its stateful off to fry instead brio has to go to the city mortuary for his own tipsy killing insufficient that this man this pungent twenty to fifty cooks is a right here every day almost killed by police. Or we begin the day down and everywhere in between now if you own stocks i dont have to tell you that your investments since monday morning are awash in red stock markets have tanked around the world one day and today marking record losses punctuated by brief moments of relief that the bloodletting began in the us yesterday during the monday session the dow plummeted by almost twelve. Hundred points its biggest ever session drop in terms of cash the worlds richest five hundred people lost about one hundred fourteen billion u. S. Dollars now they lost contagion followed the sun a