Hello and welcome to the aljazeera news hour live from our headquarters and. Im coming up in the next sixty minutes. Eastern ghouta ahead of talks to end the war. On the. Maintains of. The president a mandate as as a vote counting continues. How the impending trial of a turkish trader. Turkey relations. And tens of thousands of people evacuated and hundreds of Flights Canceled as. We begin in syria where Government Air strikes have killed nineteen people in a rebel held on clay of the capital damascus it is the second such attack in forty eight hours in eastern guta on sunday twenty three people were killed by shelling and airstrikes including several children while the attacks have come at a key moment in the conflict a new round of un backed talks began on tuesday aimed at ending the six and a half year war Opposition Groups and government representatives are due to meet in geneva but u. N. Officials have been unable to confirm that the government delegation is planning to travel a d
This is the news. Coming up in the next sixty minutes a choice to define the future of liberians votes in a president ial runoff. For the unrest in peru police fired tear gas and fights with protesters angry at a decision to pardon the former president. Barred from running against a Prominent Russian Opposition Leader is told hes not eligible to run in next years president ial election. Including defending champions. In Cleveland Cavaliers. So polls are open in liberias president ial runoff thats expected to lead to the first democratic transition of power in seventy years the former wild footballer of the year george weah is taking on the current Vice President joseph block i in an election thats focused on creating jobs and fighting corruption. Reports now from the capital monrovia. In the contest for the liberian presidency this month former International Footballer do it well and start saying he received thirty eight percent of the votes cast in the foster round held in october hes
Minutes two suicide bombers blow themselves up at a packed baghdad market killing at least thirty eight people to syria and russia react with fury and concern the latest u. S. Plan to kurdish and rebel fighters. Attacked the only functioning airport in libyas capital shutting it down a walkway collapses at Indonesias Stock Exchange building injuring at least seventy five people the shower of glass and a brief. Im tatiana phantasy to all the days sports news including the headlines the list of casualties on the opening day of. Two suicide bomb blasts during the monday morning rush hour in baghdad have killed at least thirty eight people close to one hundred others were injured and more fatalities fias its the fourth attack in the iraqi capital in the past forty eight hours there was a summit in java reports. Bodies were scattered all over the streets in central baghdad two suicide bombers detonated their explosives during morning rush hour in tehran square dozens were killed and wounded
But well start with the Winter Olympics action from pyeongyang where lightning unfortunately struck twice for elise christie. Four years ago she was disqualified in each of her three events in sochi. This morning it was the 500 metres short track speed skating final. Our correspondent David Ornstein reports from south korea. Elise christie arrived in pyeongchang with high hopes of redemption following triple disqualification from sochi four yea rs disqualification from sochi four years ago and now a triple champion. The world record holder in this event the 500 metres. She sailed through the heat and the quarterfinal earlier today, the semifinal presented warning signs, a scrappy semifinal presented warning signs, a scrappy race and she finished second and then disaster struck in the final. Not a great start and then on the penultimate lap with her in third place she slipped off, she said that she was pushed into the hoardings and left on the ice. Afterwards she spoke to the bbc and sh
As the tears flowed, she tried to make sense of her seemingly endless misfortune. I know its short track and i know im supposed to be prepared for this, but it still hurts, you know. Obviously, its still almost a week until my best distance, so thats the positive. I dont know, right now i just cant see living with this feeling, you know. I just. But, i mean, its out of my control, i got knocked over and thats that. Commentator christie. Oh, theyve gone down those memories of sochi four years ago, though, may now prove hard to erase. She crashed in the same final there, but her team are urging her to stay positive. I think you could all see she tried to put everything out there to try and get gold. She wasnt going for anything else. You know, thats the nature of the sport. You know, crashes do happen, unfortunately. The question now, though, is whether britains biggest medal hope can pick herself up again on a desperate day of deja vu. Andy swiss, bbc news, pyeongchang. Here on bbc one