And im right matheson this is the news our live from coming up in the next sixty minutes. Im not associated the loser were going to be a because of the curse of democracy the ballots are being counted in the race to see if its going to be a former football great to or liberias Vice President who will lead the nation for the next six years plus. In three to five being its all the houses were wiped out. The family escapes only seconds before Tropical Storm tembin destroys entire communities in the philippines. And arrest has been made after a Crime Reporter is gunned down in front of one of her children in mexico also. Everyday. Its called the strong. Campaign its a push to keep Plastic Waste out of the worlds oceans. And we start in liberia where votes are being counted in this president ial Runoff Election workers say the turnout wasnt as high as it was in the first round in october but polling was peaceful in a race that will see the west african nations first democratic transition of
Automatic rifles as they trying to seize the Training Center in the town of. Those where the headlines about with more use it half an hour here on aljazeera next to its inside story to stay with us. Aljazeera. Where ever you. Demonstrations in cities across iran the biggest in nearly a decade protesters say prices are too high and the governments corrupt in two thousand and nine unrest was met with a military crackdown so how will the government deal with the peoples today this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. Death or freedom its a chant that was heard around iran this week but angry of the high cost of basic goods the price of eggs for example has gone up forty percent in just six months some iranians say its time for the government to focus on domestic issues and to forget syria and forget palestine. These protesters hope the Iran Nuclear Deal in two thousand and fifteen would ease their financial struggles most International Sanctions were lifted but life for many
Kalonzo rahman this is al jazeera life my headquarters here and on a very special welcome to view is in new zealand ushering in the new year and twenty eighteen these are live pictures from all planned the sky tower and the bay where new zealand is now offering in a brand new year also on our program a coalition of rebel groups vows to fight on in syria well look at what the new year could bring for a country thats been so devastated by war security preparations around the world as nations gear up to bring in the new year. And. Im dizzy and human on the northern coast of cuba and coming up ill tell you why the largest island of the caribbean is actually shrinking. To protesters in iran were killed on saturday night during antigovernment demonstrations theres confusion over whos responsible for the deaths in the city of beirut. The iranian government is blaming forward agents saying the Security Forces didnt file the crowd Pita Sharples will. For the third day in a row they are out on t
The worlds two keen euclid powers the United States and russia with both sides frightening to upgrade their Nuclear Capacity and china is also expanding its Nuclear Arsenal well to mention other countries with Nuclear Ambitions such as of course north korea so our question here on quadriga this week is the new race a more dangerous world and to answer that question or to discuss that question im joined here in the studio by constance who is an expert on International Relations and Security Policy with the Brookings Institution in washington she says the world has become a lot more dangerous in the last twelve months problems with effective arms control oh only one of several reasons. Also with us is mother naming an author and editor of the berlin based daily newspaper to target. The argues that none of the great powers profits from any kind of military escalation the world is getting very unpredictable but not necessarily more dangerous. Found a warm welcome to to something old from t
Cspan2, live coverage of the savanna book festival. Scott shapiro is about to begin. His book, the internationalists, is about the peace pact that outlawed war around the world. Good morning, booklovers. My name is out styles. I am delighted to welcome you to the 11th annual savanna book festival. The book festival is presented by georgia power, david and nancy cintron, the Sheehan Family foundation and mark and pat. Many thanks to jack and mary, our sponsors for this glorious venue, Trinity United Methodist church. We would also like to extend thanks to our literary members and individual donors who make the saturday off presentations possible. 90 of our revenue comes from donors just like you. We are very excited to have the savanna book festival available for your phone. Look in your program for information on downloading. Immediately following the presentation, Scott Shapiro will be signing festival purchased copies of his book. If you are planning to stay for the next off your pre