0:00:02 > 0:00:04This is BBC World News Today.
0:00:04 > 0:00:06I'm Sharanjit Leyl.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Our top stories: Vladimir Putin's supporters nominate him to run
0:00:08 > 0:00:12as an independent candidate in next year's Russian elections.
0:00:12 > 0:00:22His political rival is barred from standing.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26A British woman sentenced to three years in jail in Egypt for taking
0:00:26 > 0:00:30painkillers into the country. Her sister is concerned for her safety.
0:00:30 > 0:00:35She's on the verge of a mental breakdown and so my mum. It's just
0:00:35 > 0:00:37horrendous.
0:00:37 > 0:00:38Counting votes in Liberia's
0:00:38 > 0:00:39presidential election, where former world footballer
0:00:39 > 0:00:44of the year, George Weah, is seeking the country's top job.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47And we hear from the mum who beat the professionals to capture
0:00:47 > 0:00:49a perfect snap of Britain's young royals at their
0:00:49 > 0:00:59Christmas Day service.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Hello and welcome to World News Today.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07A group of Russian electors
0:01:07 > 0:01:09have formally given their support to Vladimir Putin as a candidate in
0:01:10 > 0:01:13next year's Presidential election.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Mr Putin is seeking a fourth term in office, and will run
0:01:16 > 0:01:22as an independent this time.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25He still needs 300,000 signatures before his
0:01:25 > 0:01:27nomination is confirmed.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29On Monday, Putin's main rival, opposition leader Alexei Navalny,
0:01:29 > 0:01:31was barred from standing in the election.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34But the move has already prompted a call for an opposition
0:01:34 > 0:01:36boycott, and raised fears about political pluralism.
0:01:36 > 0:01:46From Moscow, Sarah Rainsford reports.
0:01:46 > 0:01:51It was a big gathering of big names. Athletes, musicians and film-makers
0:01:51 > 0:01:57all here to nominate their candidate for president. Absent though was the
0:01:57 > 0:02:00man himself, Vladimir Putin apparently so confident of winning
0:02:00 > 0:02:10this election he didn't turn up. It didn't dampen the enthusiasm of his
0:02:10 > 0:02:17supporters. They voted unanimously to back Mr Putin for a fourth term.
0:02:17 > 0:02:22TRANSLATION:Our country has been transformed from a country destroyed
0:02:22 > 0:02:31and without a future into a really powerful state.Their candidate
0:02:31 > 0:02:34meanwhile was here with children invited to a New Year 's party at
0:02:34 > 0:02:43the Kremlin. This was Vladimir Putin the benevolent, thinking of the
0:02:43 > 0:02:48future of his country. Earlier Russians saw images of Putin the
0:02:48 > 0:02:55powerful with his Cabinet. Here he told a boy that running a country
0:02:55 > 0:03:00like Russia wasn't hard. But after 18 years of him doing just that, the
0:03:00 > 0:03:04Kremlin is struggling to inject real energy into this election race to
0:03:04 > 0:03:10ensure people come out to vote when everything is so predictable. This
0:03:10 > 0:03:15man is now planning to make their task even harder. Alexei Navalny
0:03:15 > 0:03:20calls himself the only real rival to Mr Putin, but this week the popular
0:03:20 > 0:03:25anti-corruption campaigner was ruled out of the presidential race. He has
0:03:25 > 0:03:29a criminal conviction he says is politically motivated. TRANSLATION:
0:03:29 > 0:03:33It's not about me, it's about the fact that a candidate is needed who
0:03:33 > 0:03:36will finally come to be election and speak openly about everything that
0:03:36 > 0:03:42happens in our country now, who will describe our reality honestly.
0:03:42 > 0:03:47Absence of prospects, poverty, I did that, and that's why you don't want
0:03:47 > 0:03:54to let me take part in the election. So now Mr Navalny is calling for a
0:03:54 > 0:03:58boycott of the whole process to undermine its legitimacy. Mr Putin
0:03:58 > 0:04:03won't be too worried unless that boycott and any street protests
0:04:03 > 0:04:07really grow. Otherwise he is betting that his message of strength and
0:04:07 > 0:04:11stability and plenty more images like these will secure him another
0:04:11 > 0:04:15six years in power. Sarah Raynsford, BBC News, Moscow.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18A British woman has been sentenced to three years in an Egyptian prison
0:04:18 > 0:04:21after being found guilty of smuggling drugs into the country.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Laura Plummer, who's 33 and from Hull, was arrested
0:04:23 > 0:04:25in October when she was found carrying 290 tablets
0:04:25 > 0:04:27of the painkiller, Tramadol, in her suitcase.
0:04:27 > 0:04:37Daniela Relph reports.
0:04:37 > 0:04:42Laura Plan A's family and friends say she is naive, not a criminal --
0:04:42 > 0:04:47Laura Plummer. But today the shop worker from powerless beginning a
0:04:47 > 0:04:53three-year sentence in jail in Egypt. Her mother, Roberta, and her
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Egyptian partner, have been at court to support her during the hearings
0:04:56 > 0:05:00this week. Laura Plummer was travelling to the red Sea resort of
0:05:00 > 0:05:04her Garda to visit her husband Omar in October when she was stopped by
0:05:04 > 0:05:10the authorities. In her suitcase were 290 tramadol tablets. A
0:05:10 > 0:05:19painkiller legal on prescription in Britain but banned in Egypt. She
0:05:19 > 0:05:21said the tablets were for her partner who suffers from severe back
0:05:21 > 0:05:24pain. But she was arrested and has been held since then in a communal
0:05:24 > 0:05:30cell with up to 25 women. Her family at home have described today's
0:05:30 > 0:05:35sentence as horrendous.She's just a normal girl who works in Hull
0:05:35 > 0:05:36sentence as horrendous.She's just a normal girl who works in Hull, she
0:05:36 > 0:05:39sells clothes, she comes home and watches telly, goes to bed, doesn't
0:05:39 > 0:05:44drink or smoke or do anything, she lives to go to Egypt, she loves
0:05:44 > 0:05:48Egypt and Egyptian people, she's in love with Omar, we just cannot
0:05:48 > 0:05:58believe this has happened to her, we are absolutely devastated.Laura
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Plummer had been going on holiday to Egypt's red Sea resorts for several
0:06:01 > 0:06:04years, but for her supporters, she has been let down by the country she
0:06:04 > 0:06:07loved.This woman doesn't deserve to be in incarcerated in an Egyptian
0:06:07 > 0:06:11prison and to be honest, as much as I respect the customs and laws of
0:06:11 > 0:06:15Egypt and the judiciary, and everything else, this will put
0:06:15 > 0:06:20people off travelling on holiday to Egypt in the future, and I think the
0:06:20 > 0:06:26Egyptian authorities need to be mindful of that.The Egyptian legal
0:06:26 > 0:06:30system is complex. Laura Plummer will now appeal the three-year
0:06:30 > 0:06:36sentence. A jail term her family say is shocking and unjust.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Angry Kosovans hung hundreds of neckties on the fence
0:06:41 > 0:06:43outside the government's headquarters on Tuesday.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46This after Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said he was justified
0:06:46 > 0:06:48to double his own salary because wearing smart clothes
0:06:48 > 0:06:49was part of his job.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51He sparked outrage by passing a measure raising his salary
0:06:51 > 0:06:59from about 1,800 dollars to 3,500 dollars a month.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01A Peruvian football official accused of taking bribes has been cleared
0:07:01 > 0:07:03by a jury in the US.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Manuel Burga, who led football in Peru until 2014,
0:07:05 > 0:07:07was accused of taking cash in exchange for distributing
0:07:07 > 0:07:09marketing and media rights to matches.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Two other South American football officials were convicted
0:07:11 > 0:07:21by the same jury on Friday.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Polls have closed in Liberia's delayed presidential run-off.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26It's hoped the election will see the country's first smooth
0:07:26 > 0:07:28democratic transition of power in 73 years.
0:07:28 > 0:07:35Voters are choosing between the former international
0:07:35 > 0:07:37footballer George Weah, seen here, casting his vote,
0:07:37 > 0:07:38and current vice president, Joseph Boakai.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41Mr Weah won the first round but did not secure the 50%
0:07:41 > 0:07:42needed for an outright victory.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Both candidates said they were confident they would win.
0:07:44 > 0:07:54Our correspondent Umaru Fofana reports from near Monrovia.
0:07:56 > 0:08:03I am here at a high school just outside Monrovia. During the first
0:08:03 > 0:08:08ballot on the 10th of October, this place was teeming with long queues
0:08:08 > 0:08:13of photos waiting patiently to cast their ballot this time of day. Today
0:08:13 > 0:08:18they are coming in only in trickles. We are not sure why this apparent
0:08:18 > 0:08:23low turnout is, but civil service election observers say it could be
0:08:23 > 0:08:26attributable to the fact that there was legal wrangling for today's vote
0:08:26 > 0:08:30which meant campaigning was very brief, just a few days, and also
0:08:30 > 0:08:35they say it is a two horse race, two candidates as opposed to the 20 in
0:08:35 > 0:08:39October as well as the parliamentary candidates not here this time. As
0:08:39 > 0:08:44you can see the election officials here are not as busy today as they
0:08:44 > 0:08:51were in October. This is a sample I have seen of polling stations in
0:08:51 > 0:08:56underground Monro via. It is not clear whether this apparent low
0:08:56 > 0:09:01turnout will favour other candidates. Umaru Fofana, BBC News,
0:09:01 > 0:09:09just outside Monrovia.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11Once a key industry in many countries around the world,
0:09:11 > 0:09:14cotton spinning has made a return here in the UK.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16A Manchester mill is the only textile factory to spin
0:09:16 > 0:09:17cotton commercially again.
0:09:17 > 0:09:19Judith Moritz followed the whole process.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Fresh off the boat from California, Cotton has come back to its
0:09:23 > 0:09:28spiritual home. Refurbished and re-energised, this Manchester mill
0:09:28 > 0:09:35is the first in the UK to spin commercially again. For the first
0:09:35 > 0:09:40time in 50 years, Cotton is in full production.It's really really
0:09:40 > 0:09:45engaged the weavers and finishes and dyers to pull together and forge
0:09:45 > 0:09:51those chains back again, and there is honestly an enormous appetite for
0:09:51 > 0:09:57provenance and British made.We are following the process as the cotton
0:09:57 > 0:10:04spun here finds its way from the bail to the clothes hanger. From its
0:10:04 > 0:10:05raw state to spun yarn...
0:10:11 > 0:10:16That's for you. What happens now?We are going to turn it into the dye
0:10:16 > 0:10:24house put it on a stand, bleach it, diet and dry it.This yarn diet is
0:10:24 > 0:10:27used to source -- dyers used a source it's got an overseas, now
0:10:27 > 0:10:33Tony travel 30 miles. Turn pink, it's time to take the yarn up to
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Burnley to be woven. The resurrection of a cotton process
0:10:37 > 0:10:42comes at a good time for the industry. BBC News and the trade
0:10:42 > 0:10:48body make it British spoke to almost 100 textile businesses to see how
0:10:48 > 0:10:53their 27 in has-been. 30% say they are exporting more British made
0:10:53 > 0:10:56goods than last year. There is concern about the age of the
0:10:56 > 0:11:00workforce. Two thirds have staff whose average age is over 40. But
0:11:00 > 0:11:04overall the news is positive. 50% are turning over more than a year
0:11:04 > 0:11:14ago. The factory weaving our pink cloth is a good example.It's really
0:11:14 > 0:11:18healthy on the books, so the next six months is looking great. So much
0:11:18 > 0:11:22so that we are now having to put on extra shifts and recruit additional
0:11:22 > 0:11:27staff.Here you are. Back in Manchester are cloth is ready to be
0:11:27 > 0:11:34made into a shirt. Cut, pressed, stitched, and finished at this
0:11:34 > 0:11:39factory, one of the few of its kind to survive.I don't think we will
0:11:39 > 0:11:43ever see a return to the halcyon days of cotton but there is huge
0:11:43 > 0:11:48opportunities for businesses and brands like ours to create
0:11:48 > 0:11:51sustainable, viable and ultimately profitable businesses by making them
0:11:51 > 0:11:58in the UK and selling to an international market.Spun, died,
0:11:58 > 0:12:02woven and stitched, the cotton process has been sewn back together
0:12:02 > 0:12:06again. Our journey behind the scenes ends with a shirt made from local
0:12:06 > 0:12:13yarn. Judith Moritz, BBC News, Manchester.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16Stay with us on BBC World News, still to come:
0:12:16 > 0:12:18English footballer, Harry Kane, smashes a 22-year-old record
0:12:18 > 0:12:25for most Premier League goals scored in a calendar year.
0:12:30 > 0:12:35We saw this enormous tidal wave approaching the beach, and people
0:12:35 > 0:12:42started to run, and suddenly it was complete chaos.US troops have been
0:12:42 > 0:12:46trying to overthrow the dictatorship of General Noriega. The Pentagon
0:12:46 > 0:12:50said it was 90% successful but failed in its principal objective to
0:12:50 > 0:12:55capture Noriega and taken to the USA on drugs charges.The hammer and
0:12:55 > 0:12:58sickle was hastily taken away, the Russian flag hoisted over what is
0:12:58 > 0:13:02now no longer the Sobhi unit but the Commonwealth of Independent States.
0:13:02 > 0:13:09Day broke slowly over Lockerbie, over the cockpit nose down in the
0:13:09 > 0:13:13earth. You could see what happens when a plane eight stories high, a
0:13:13 > 0:13:18football pitch wide, falls from 30,000 feet.Christmas has returned
0:13:18 > 0:13:21to Albania after a common spam lasting more than 20 years.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25Thousands went to midnight mass in this town where there were
0:13:25 > 0:13:31anti-Communist riots ten days ago.
0:13:32 > 0:13:33This is BBC World News Today.
0:13:33 > 0:13:35I'm Sharanjit Leyl.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36The latest headlines: Vladimir Putin's supporters nominate
0:13:36 > 0:13:39him to run as an independent candidate in next year's elections.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41His political rival is barred from standing.
0:13:41 > 0:13:44A British woman has been sentenced to three years in jail in Egypt
0:13:44 > 0:13:54for taking painkillers into the country.
0:13:56 > 0:14:01English footballer, Harry Kane, has set a new record of 39 goals
0:14:01 > 0:14:04in the Premier League in a calendar year doing it in style,
0:14:04 > 0:14:07with a hat trick at Wembley.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Kane headed in a free kick from Christian Eriksen to give
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Tottenham Hotspur a 1-0 lead over Southampton and break
0:14:12 > 0:14:13Alan Shearer's 22-year-old record.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15A second goal followed just before half time as he swept
0:14:16 > 0:14:17in a cross from Son Heung-min.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19And midway through the second half, Son was again provider,
0:14:19 > 0:14:22as Kane completed his hat trick with a delicate chip
0:14:22 > 0:14:23over the keeper.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25That takes his haul for club and country to 56 goals,
0:14:25 > 0:14:34making him the leading goalscorer in Europe for 2017.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Earlier the BBC spoke to Bradley Allen.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39He has been a coach at Spurs for 13 years, and coached
0:14:39 > 0:14:40Harry Kane as a youngster.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42He also witnessed Harry Kane make history at Wembley
0:14:42 > 0:14:48as a co-commentator for BBC Radio London.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50My colleague Geeta Guru-Murthy began by asking him
0:14:50 > 0:14:58what he made of his new record?
0:14:58 > 0:15:01It's a remarkable achievement, and something that all of Tottenham
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Hotspur supporters, everyone connected with the club, the Academy
0:15:05 > 0:15:08and all the coaches and people who have worked with Harry on this
0:15:08 > 0:15:15incredible journey he is on, it it has been an outstanding 2017.Have
0:15:15 > 0:15:19you spoken to them or has anyone heard from him since?I have not had
0:15:19 > 0:15:25the opportunity to watch him live this afternoon working in my media
0:15:25 > 0:15:30capacity -- I watched him live, and having seen him develop and worked
0:15:30 > 0:15:37with him as a 14, 15-year-old and go from strength to strength and become
0:15:37 > 0:15:43the goal-scoring expert he now is, and to break the Alan Shearer record
0:15:43 > 0:15:49himself was one of the finest of his generation -- who was one of the
0:15:49 > 0:15:52finest of his generation, it is an unbelievable achievement.Did you
0:15:52 > 0:16:01spot it early, whether signs there? Well, Harry showed glimpses. I think
0:16:01 > 0:16:04one of the biggest condiments I could give him was that he was just
0:16:04 > 0:16:09a fantastic learner, just a small part that all the coaches played
0:16:09 > 0:16:15along the way ahead of our academy, John McDermott, deserve an awful lot
0:16:15 > 0:16:20of credit as well. We were patient with him, and obviously since
0:16:20 > 0:16:27Pocchetino came to the club, he has allowed Harry to blossom and
0:16:27 > 0:16:31flourish as a footballer.Can you explain what it is exactly that he
0:16:31 > 0:16:36does so well, is its strength also beat all skill, what is it then
0:16:36 > 0:16:45makes him so good?I think he doubled up any tips or ideas he was
0:16:45 > 0:16:48given he would be prepared to work on those aspects of his game and
0:16:48 > 0:16:58more. I think a player of Frank Lampard's magnitude, Frank was one
0:16:58 > 0:17:04who got the maximum out of the ability he had, and similarly with
0:17:04 > 0:17:09young Harry. He comes from a tremendously stable, very supportive
0:17:09 > 0:17:14family, he's just a lovely, humble young man, and he's a real credit to
0:17:14 > 0:17:18himself and the people around him. How big is his future career
0:17:18 > 0:17:24potentially, do you think?This achievement is exceptional and I
0:17:24 > 0:17:28think the Tottenham supporters will be really hoping that in future
0:17:28 > 0:17:37years the new stadium on the horizon in 2018, that Harry Kane will be
0:17:37 > 0:17:41playing his best football at that new venue. I think you have the
0:17:41 > 0:17:47World Cup in Russia of course next summer, and to be truly regarded as
0:17:47 > 0:17:51one of the greats, Harry would most definitely know that he would have
0:17:51 > 0:17:56to to achieve and produce at the biggest tournaments, so I think he
0:17:56 > 0:18:00will be looking forward to that, but first and foremost he loves playing
0:18:00 > 0:18:06for Tottenham Hotspur and just thoroughly enjoys scoring goals.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Cricket and on the opening day of the Boxing Day test
0:18:09 > 0:18:10between Australia and England in Melbourne, Australia's batsmen
0:18:11 > 0:18:12have made the visitors work hard.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Australia elected to bat on a slow wicket and by close
0:18:15 > 0:18:17of play they'd reached 244-3.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20David Warner scored 103 and captain Steve Smith is unbeaten on 65.
0:18:20 > 0:18:29Patrick Gearey reports, from outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37The Boxing Day test is a day of national celebration for Australia.
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Given they have won the Ashes already, it would always be a tough
0:18:41 > 0:18:45day for England and they knew it would get tougher when they lost the
0:18:45 > 0:18:49toss and got put into field on a day which suited the batting side. The
0:18:49 > 0:18:54weather was hot, the pitch flat, and David Warner smashed the ball as he
0:18:54 > 0:18:58got Australia to 100 by the lunch interval. England brought it back
0:18:58 > 0:19:01getting rid of Bancroft, thought they got rid of one run 99 when he
0:19:01 > 0:19:06locked up a catch which would have given the first Test wicket to Tom
0:19:06 > 0:19:10Curran. Unfortunately he had overstepped the line and it was a no
0:19:10 > 0:19:14ball, came Warner, next ball went to his century and the MCG roared in
0:19:14 > 0:19:18approval. Warner didn't last much longer, caught behind off Anderson,
0:19:18 > 0:19:22then Stuart Broad got rid of the Usman Khawaja and his nick next ball
0:19:22 > 0:19:27thought he got rid of Marsh LBW. The umpire said no and the review backed
0:19:27 > 0:19:40it. A big moment because Marge then batted through with Captain Steve
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Smith to the close. Smith unbeaten, beginning to look unbeatable.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45England need to find a way of getting him out but this picture is
0:19:45 > 0:19:48very slow and hard work for the bowlers. This Test match might be
0:19:48 > 0:19:50decided by which team makes the most mistakes and unfortunately for
0:19:50 > 0:19:52England they have made more of them in this Ashes Series.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has apologised
0:19:56 > 0:19:58after sharing a video on Instagram criticising his nephew
0:19:58 > 0:19:59for wearing a dress.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02In the video, which has since been deleted, the Formula 1 driver says
0:20:02 > 0:20:03"boys don't wear princess dresses".
0:20:03 > 0:20:06The post was then the subject of an online backlash.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Hamilton later made an apology in a series of tweets,
0:20:08 > 0:20:09calling his behaviour unacceptable.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Peru is divided over the legacy of its former
0:20:11 > 0:20:17president, Alberto Fujimori.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Some see him as the man who saved Peru from economic
0:20:19 > 0:20:20collapse and communism.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22To others, he was a ruthless autocrat who authorised
0:20:23 > 0:20:24death squad killings.
0:20:24 > 0:20:33He had been serving a 25-year prison term for human rights abuses.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35But the current President, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski,
0:20:35 > 0:20:36has granted him a medical pardon.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39In a video posted to Facebook, Fujimori said he's deeply grateful.
0:20:39 > 0:20:46Take a look.
0:20:46 > 0:20:51TRANSLATION:This has had a strong impact on me. I have mixed feelings
0:20:51 > 0:20:55of extreme joy and at the same time sorrow. I am aware the results
0:20:55 > 0:20:59produced by my government were well received by some but I recognise
0:20:59 > 0:21:03that I have let others down. To them I ask forgiveness from the bottom of
0:21:03 > 0:21:04my heart.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Michael Reid is a senior editor on Latin America at The Economist.
0:21:06 > 0:21:11He joins me from Lima.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Welcome to the programme. As I mentioned, you are in Lima right
0:21:15 > 0:21:20now. We know thousands have taken to the streets to protest. Tell us what
0:21:20 > 0:21:28the mood feels like there right now. I think the announcement that former
0:21:28 > 0:21:33president Fujimori would be pardoned, which came at seven
0:21:33 > 0:21:38o'clock on Christmas Eve, the main celebration here, was a huge
0:21:38 > 0:21:41surprise to people. Demonstrators took to the streets on Christmas Day
0:21:41 > 0:21:44in quite large numbers. I think there will be continuing protests
0:21:44 > 0:21:49but I think just as important will be the reaction of political opinion
0:21:49 > 0:21:56here, and indeed internationally.As you mentioned, here's a divisive
0:21:56 > 0:21:59figure, and many protesters believe this pardon was somehow illegally
0:21:59 > 0:22:03brought about. What is the general opinion amongst people you are
0:22:03 > 0:22:10talking to?It was always going to be controversial relating to Alberto
0:22:10 > 0:22:14Fujimori. He has been in jail for more than ten years and was found
0:22:14 > 0:22:17guilty in an exemplary process of human rights violations and
0:22:17 > 0:22:27corruption, but the circumstances in which the pardon came about are very
0:22:27 > 0:22:31suspicious too many Peruvians because it came just three days
0:22:31 > 0:22:39after a vote in Congress in which President Kuczynski survived an
0:22:39 > 0:22:44attempt to impeach him thanks to the abstention of ten Fujimori
0:22:44 > 0:22:51supporting congresspeople led by his son. So it looks to many Peruvians
0:22:51 > 0:22:55like quid pro quo, and a rather sordid one, however much the
0:22:55 > 0:23:00government claims its main motivation was that it was worried
0:23:00 > 0:23:04by Fujimori's deteriorating health and didn't want him to die in jail.
0:23:04 > 0:23:08To what extent do you think the current government and President
0:23:08 > 0:23:14Kuczynski are in a weakened state as a result of all this?He is an
0:23:14 > 0:23:19extremely weakened state, there is no doubt about that. He only
0:23:19 > 0:23:24survived, just, the attempt to impeach him, which was, one has to
0:23:24 > 0:23:32say, an attempt at political vengeance by the Fujimori supporting
0:23:32 > 0:23:36majority in Congress. He has only a small group of supporters in the
0:23:36 > 0:23:43Congress. He survived that vote by appealing to the countries as a
0:23:43 > 0:23:48Democrat being faced with a parliamentary coup by what he
0:23:48 > 0:23:53portrayed as the undemocratic Fujimoristas. People who gave him
0:23:53 > 0:24:00the benefit of the doubt and supported him now feel he betrayed
0:24:00 > 0:24:04them by immediately turning round and pardoning Alberto Fujimori. I
0:24:04 > 0:24:07feel if this had happened in more normal circumstances the reaction
0:24:07 > 0:24:13might have been slightly different. Thank you for joining us.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Out of all the photographers waiting to snap a picture of the royal
0:24:16 > 0:24:19family at the Christmas Day service in Sandringham, it was a mum
0:24:19 > 0:24:22from Norfolk who managed to capture the perfect image on her phone.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24The photograph taken by Karen Murdoch has now been
0:24:24 > 0:24:26used by publications from all over the world.
0:24:26 > 0:24:33Mike Cartwright reports.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38The photograph that's gone everywhere. The picture that
0:24:38 > 0:24:42everybody wanted. Taken not by the press pack or a royal photographer
0:24:42 > 0:24:47but Karen at Sandringham with her daughter on her phone. The two of
0:24:47 > 0:24:55them and their dog back there today. That picture all over the papers.It
0:24:55 > 0:24:59wasn't intentional, it just captured the right moment at that time, so
0:24:59 > 0:25:04there was no planning, it was just fun, it was lovely, I caught the
0:25:04 > 0:25:08moment and it was great.Somewhere in the crowd the two had been here
0:25:08 > 0:25:12on Christmas Day before but they wanted to see Meghan. Walking to
0:25:12 > 0:25:17church, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince HarryHaryanto
0:25:17 > 0:25:22Meghan Markle. Karen never dreamt she would get this, a picture that
0:25:22 > 0:25:26may go down in history and help pay her daughter's college fees.I don't
0:25:26 > 0:25:32know how much I am expected to get. A bit I am told. Anything, for me,
0:25:32 > 0:25:39when someone offered me £50 I was like, yes! 50 quid, I was just so...
0:25:39 > 0:25:44But it's going to go on my daughter, I work for my daughter, my pride and
0:25:44 > 0:25:50joy.I think it's fantastic. I think my mum deserves it. I know she
0:25:50 > 0:25:54didn't do it intentionally but good things happen to good people.Good
0:25:54 > 0:25:57for her, great snap. You've been watching World News Today. Thanks
0:25:57 > 0:26:02for watching.