and looking to the future. of science and research. this is. a former. president elected as liberia's next leader his supporters have been celebrating into the night in the capital monrovia but faces huge expectations can he. can he boost a flagging economy we'll get more from our correspondent in monrovia. also on the

program switches to campaign mode of president dissolved parliament with elections set for march of next year. and more instability will go live to rome for analysis. we'll also be finding out how you can enjoy playing football with all the effort say hello to a version of the game. is actually. bring a good to have you with liberia is poised for its first peaceful transition of power in. the form of. a landslide victory in the west african countries presidential runoff liberia is africa's oldest modern. public but its

last democratic transfer of power occurred back in one thousand nine hundred forty four the country's people under colony were devastated by a fourteen year civil war that ended in two thousand and three where now succeeds ellen johnson sirleaf as president was his jubilant supporters cheered liberia's new president weps tears of joy i was george weah had waited a long time for this moment i was asked to defeat in previous elections this time he achieved an landslide victory was supporters flooded onto the streets to celebrate the triumph of the rags to riches candidate was sorely missed the guardian is not the kids it was it was the attempt to stand up to it was such

a child so we had a president who was not the real was. we are has long been a familiar face to liberians born in a slum he shot to footballing stardom in the one nine hundred ninety s. playing for europe's top clubs since retiring he has been active in liberia and politics for over a decade that in this year's election he stood as a candidate of change running against the acts going vice president joseph crocker i. was we his promises to fight corruption and the economy went down well with voters i it was seemingly enough to dispel transcends a fight his running mate jewel howard taylor the ex-wife of former president and convicted war criminal charles taylor despite accusations that taylor was pulling the strings there was only one name on everybody's lips after the results were announced was. oh. i set to take office

in january succeeding incumbent president ellen johnson sirleaf. it will be the first democratic transition of power in the country you know this seventy yes. ok we're going to take you to the capital monrovia now standing by for us that evelyn. evelyn a big victory for george weah what worked in his favor. well works enjoy should we as failure is this election this year all people will say he has the support of charity of the country as young people and these young people have had so many expectations like a nation and certainly judge people say yes good isn't one of presidents so you think of the president we are use of us also has interest in working with people to meet his goal when better especially when he comes to join his government so he has

the support of the president somebody that is the good thing for him ok and. i hear what you're saying he won the young vote the question is what is he promising liberia's wrong young his his critics say his campaign offered very few concrete solutions to the country's problems what can we actually expect from him now. that has been the melting point we have has not played these series how you will go about these different things we should know about corruption he has stressed or or have been issued about you know education for your people that's why sure you said gladney is going to a good system now provide free education for the country's population especially the young people but these different systems that you will put into play is going to show that there is asses to education which is a serious problem the liberian he says you have to explain the system and it was

see those that were damaged by the quality and free educational system corruption yes promised to fight corruption but how this is where critics are still criticizing him that he should glad to tell the lumbering people how he will go about with these developing issues does develop their genders of the country ok and evelyn number one other thing that was quite controversial during his campaign his running mate the former wife of charles taylor the worst of liberia's former warlords during its fourteen year civil war is there any suggestion that those warlords could regain influence in liberia politics. one of the issues have then during the campaign when speculation that president to know who's not you know he was born is a stream but just before the election there someone goes down i would enter government into still position slow down in his senate so i'm getting appointed position and c.d.c.

has every piece at least that in more way and from one president to another is going to have any influence in liberia's election or into his government but i don't know it is also claimed that he has been having a conversation with her from one precedent doing the campaign peter but it's something that everybody is working out to see and to have just not do as well and that of where her former president bill are that a long way from one president to those who have any influence on any take in congress politics but there are one laws now already in governments that are also at the senate where it's in the till and is currently ok so some serious challenges there for the new president evelyn many thanks for that evelyn had a sad day reporting for us from monrovia. and we're going to catch up with some of the other stories making news around the world now in new york at least twelve people have died in a fire in an apartment building the city's mayor calling the blaze in the bronx

neighborhood the worst seen in new york in a quarter of a century a one year old child is reported to be among the blazes victims. meanwhile in india at least fourteen people have also been killed by a large blaze in the financial capital by officials say the fire started in a popular restaurant and quickly spread throughout a four story building more than fifty people have been injured. and apple has apologized for its controversial decision to slow down some old i phones in secret the company claiming the move was designed to prevent problems associated with older batteries critics however have accused the company of implementing the slowdowns to encourage people to buy new a models of the i phone. turning to italy now where people will be heading to the polls in much of next year to elect a new government that's off the president said joe my thought i love dissolved

parliament on thursday the move was expected as the country seeks to break its political deadlock but unless believe the moncho election will do little more than produce further instability. italy's president signing the document that will dissolve the country's parliament and pave the way for new elections. he took the step after talks with senior political leaders it was not unexpected the current government of prime minister paolo gentil loney has completed its term but the move could spark a period of political uncertainty as a pole is unlikely to produce a clear winner. earlier in a traditional end of year address the prime minister defended his government's record for most of what he said they had put the economy back on track and were managing the refugee crisis. but i'm through on the transition from criminal migration to the management of migration it's possible it leaders proving it with

the one third reduction in arrival if this year and a seventy percent reduction in arrivals from july until now. but migration is likely to be one of the most divisive issues of the election campaign. in italy has been one of the main destinations for refugees trying to reach europe in their presence dispute support for populists such as the conservative alliance including former prime minister silvio berlusconi. a conviction for tax fraud will prevent him from becoming prime minister but despite his reputation among ordinary italians as the king of bunga bunga he still vowing to make a comeback of sorts. of you know how the polls suggest the biggest party to enter parliament to may well be the anti establishment five star movement. their views on a host of issues such as the euro zone membership are unclear. the third main group

in the contest is the incumbent democratic party led by former prime minister and see. their support has been hurt by splits in the party in a number of scandals. but the expectation is that no party will secure a parliamentary majority. and that negotiations for a new government could go on for months leaving a vacuum at the heart of the eurozone thirteen largest economy. ok let's get more on this now from correspondent philip will in rome philip perm it looks likely version of that the much election will produce a hung parliament an inconclusive election possibly further instability the italians they don't seem to be particularly worried about that prospect that mr gentil only in self yesterday said it really was accustomed to dealing with political instability and effectively there wasn't too much to be worried about.

it he himself is remaining with full powers. the president has dissolved parliament early to preserve the government from the risk of a defeat in parliament so that he will there have a strong position and prestige to handle possibly long a transition period so. he says it he's accustomed to this and in a natural fact part italian governments have been very stable in keep policies towards europe and nato for example so nothing to worry about from here ok that's the italian perspective philip heard to what about the european perspective what impact might an inconclusive into italian election have on the rest of europe. is certainly a little easier good partners may feel somewhat jittery and even more so international

investors who. will not be happy at the prospect of prolonged uncertainty particularly a long period of horse trading after an inconclusive election. certainly . well it's again though the fact that the most lat likely outcome at the end of the day is a new grand coalition very similar to the one that has been governing and ensuring this last legislature will probably be seen as reassuring both by investors and italy's european partners. the most worrying prospect of all probably would be a clear victory by the five star movement and just abolition of anti europe till relatively recent silly at and t. euro so probably the outcome will be what most people will expect and would hope

for ok philip many thanks for that well in there in rome. now what you do if you want to play football but don't quite have the fitness to dash about for ninety minutes a relatively new version of the sport called walking football might be the answer for you it's now spreading from britain to france and the main rule is very simple you're not allowed to brown. england gave football to the world in the late eighty's hundreds and now the english approach a variation of the game to france walking football has been invented especially for the older generation a club has been set up in brittany by english ex-pats but with no of the teams around they had to find local youngsters to play against we saw that it was so popular in england and it seemed a pity. that it wasn't known in france because it is such an opportunity for older people and women. and people who wouldn't normally

play the game. to be able to get involved it seems simple but stopping also from running during a game is actually quite hard but walking is still a good fold of that's the size. you're watching. the top of the of next year a documentary on angel to thank the fans. has no children which makes her feel worthless and incomplete. in a society that expects them to bear children this is a burden many childless women suffer from a very personal film about the suffering of childless women.