Joseph boakai cast his vote. He sounded confident. Asked as to whether he would accept the results he responded with a qualified yes. After that, a decision will be made. But we are willing to work for whatever the final result is. For supporters of the former football superstar george weah, it looked like a victory dance when he went to vote. The man who won in the first round sounded incandescently confident. Im not associated with losing. Todays victory is set in and i will win. Boakai cannot win, and george weah can. Its an exceptional case. What happened cannot happen again. Initial indications are that the run off was better organised than the first round. Materials arrived on time and there have been no complaints so far of multiple voting according to the main local observation group. But turnout appeared low. It has been quiet here at this Convent High School in central monrovia. Election officials are nibbling around without a lot to do. They say theres been like this for mos
In a statement, the us treasury named the men, on the left, ri pyong chol, and on the right, kimjong sik. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin added, treasury is targeting leaders of north koreas Ballistic Missile programmes, as part of our maximum Pressure Campaign to isolate north korea and achieve a fully denuclearised korean peninsula. Pyong chol is believed to be one of the top people in charge of the controversial programme. Kimjong sik is thought to be behind the work to switch from liquid to solid fuel. New United Nations sanctions were introduced last friday in response to north koreas latest intercontinental Ballistic Missile test in november. Earlier, i spoke with dr balbina hwang, visiting professor at georgetown universitys centre for security studies. She explained what effect, if any, these sanctions are likely to have. Well, we have to remember that there are Un Security Council sanctions as well is unilateral sanctions and these latest sanctions levied by the United States
Added, treasury is targeting leaders of north koreas Ballistic Missile programmes, as part of our maximum Pressure Campaign to isolate north korea and achieve a fully denuclearised korean peninsula. Pyong chol is believed to be one of the top people in charge of the controversial programme. Kimjong sik is thought to be behind the work to switch from liquid to solid fuel. New United Nations sanctions were introduced last friday in response to north koreas latest intercontinental Ballistic Missile test in november. Ijust spoke with dr balbina hwang, visiting professor at georgetown universitys centre for security studies. She explained what effect, if any, these sanctions are likely to have. Well, we have to remember that there are Un Security Council sanctions as well is unilateral sanctions and these latest sanctions levied by the United States government are targeting individuals. These are really symbolic more than anything else. They are a very important part of president toms maxim
Snowdonia. Figures today show the number of people being rescued in the mountains is up on last year. Later in the programme we will find out why. Ten years ago today, the first iphone went on sale sparking a smartphone revolution. But how have they changed the way we live . Ill be finding out. Weve come to sheffield to hear about a multi Million Pound plan by the Lawn Tennis Association to revamp grassroots tennis and were also launching our Breakfast Summer Challenge with world number one andy murray the first to take it on. And sarah has the weather. Good morning. Weve got a lot of cloud across the skies today bringing heavy rain for northern and western parts. I will have a full forecast in 15 minutes. Good morning, first our main story. A retired court of appealjudge, sir Martin Moore Bick, is today expected to be appointed to lead the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster. The news comes as police say at least 80 people are believed to have died in the fire, but they do
The new coal mining on federal lands. This briefing is 30 minutes. Good afternoon everyone, thanks for joining us today. Our new administrator likes to quote david era who said once famously the future aint what it used to be. As executive order President Trump is literally signing right now in real time will ensure that is the case, that the future and cannot be what it used to be. Be. It bans the progress addressing the threat of Climate Change, protecting Americas Health from dangerous pollutants safeguarding for the future generations. Thanks to this executive order the future is looking darker, dirtier and less prosperous. We are highlighting why the power play and President Trump is walking away from today and what went into its development. We didnt just give up like that. The clean power plant i powerplt significant step taken to address Climate Change. It establishes the National Standards to reduce pollution from existing power plants, the largest source of Greenhouse Gas and