the good news is our own choices in energy conservation. recycling. and transport can help regional airline find out what you can do today at regional the line. this is you know you news life or limb from world player of the year to president soccer star george weah is elected as liberia's next leader his supporters celebrating into the night in the capital monrovia but we are now faces huge

expectations tackling corruption and boosting a flagging economy or liberia with reactions also coming up. mourners remember a teenage girl stomped to death in a german drugstore yet it to get the identity of the suspect in her killing a young afghan refugee is fueling debate in germany over the country's asylum laws and media coverage of the case. and as this year draws to a close it's out with the old in new york residents there celebrating good riddance day and saying farewell to bad memories as the city gears up for its new year's festivities. it's great to have you along. liberia is poised to usher in its first a democratic transfer of power in more than seven dec. it's international soccer

star turned politician george weah won a landslide victory in this west african countries presidential runoff liberia a country founded by freed american slaves is africa's oldest modern republic it will be the first time that a democratically elected government hand over power to another since nine hundred forty four the country was devastated by a fourteen year long civil war that ended in two thousand and three and the ebola outbreak that erupted back in two thousand and thirteen. to the cheers of jubilant supporters liberia's new president weeps tears of joy georgia has waited a long time for this moment after past election defeats this time he's won a landslide victory. supporters on the streets celebrate the triumph of the rags to riches candidate. because certainly the

guardian is not a kid to own up to it because they're mandated to chew over as such in the reality presenter the author of the euro. has long been a familiar face to liberians born in a slum he shot to soccer stardom in the one nine hundred ninety s. playing for europe's top clubs since retiring he's been active in liberian politics for over a decade. in this year's election he stood as a candidate of change running against outgoing vice president joseph barak i. we as promises to fight corruption and boost the economy went down well with voters well enough to dispel concerns about his running mate jewel howard taylor the ex-wife of former president and convicted war criminal charles taylor. despite

rumors that taylor was pulling the strings there was only one name on everyone's lips when the results were announced the own the we will take the reins from incumbent president ellen johnson sirleaf in january it will be the first democratic transition of power in the country in over seventy years. and we can take you now to the liberian capital monrovia where did i use evelyn today a segue is standing by evelyn a landslide victory for georgia what gave him the edge. i i i'm very sorry i believe we have lost contact with evelyn we're going to try to establish contact again and we'll bring her reporting a little bit later on in the show but first i want to tell you about some breaking news coming out of egypt where that country's health ministry says at least ten

people have been killed after a gunman stormed a coptic christian church outside the capital cairo one attacker wounded five guards before trying to and enter the church in the hell wants city south of cairo local media reporting that security forces shot dead one gunman it is unclear if a second attacker a skate two police officers are among the dead. and now some other stories making news around the world. south africa's constitutional court has ruled that the country's parliament must establish rules for impeachment proceedings that could remove president jacob zuma from office the court found that parliament failed to hold zuma to account over a scandal related related to state funded upgrades to his private homes humans' ruling a.n.c. party says it will discuss the judgment at a meeting in january. in india at least fourteen people have been killed by

a large blaze in the financial capital mumbai officials say the fire started in a popular restaurant and quickly spread through a four story building more than fifty people were injured and in new york at least twelve people have died after a fire tore through a no apartment building four others are in critical condition the city's mayor called the blaze in the bronx neighborhood the worst this city has seen any quarter of a century. here in germany the case of a fifteen year old stabbed to death this week has become a focus of national attention the suspected killer was her ex-boyfriend a young refugee from afghanistan he reportedly threatened and harassed her prior to the crime and we'll talk to our correspondent about the reaction to this case in just a moment but first this report. they want to show their grief and mentos for the

girl who was killed in this drug store prosecutors say her ex-boyfriend chanced upon her in the city followed her into the drugstore then stabbed her repeatedly with a kitchen knife he was captured at the scene of the crime. the accused was taken to the magistrate this morning the judge issued an arrest warrant based on suspicion of manslaughter the accused is in prison awaiting trial. after authorities are investigating whether or not the young afghan is really only fifteen years old as he declared upon entering germany. according to the latest facts he has been living in germany eggs and spring twenty sixteen. teams that in april twenty sixth seen here arrived in the german area of has been as a so-called unaccompanied minor. the case has been much discussed on social media and

among the right wing populist a.f.d. party some have been linking the crime to chancellor angela merkel's policy on refugees one can maybe we shouldn't let me pull in will come without documents will fall. to years ago i warned of the consequences america's policy put it to the small town of congo mourns a teenage girl as the country at large debates the circumstances and media coverage of the case. well with me is now debbie's oliver salat he is covering this story for us oliver good to see you what is the reaction been in general to this tragic loss of life well there is as you can imagine a very emotional reaction to this topic and it's all in the headlines this morning in germany if you want to take a look at the major german tabloid newspaper it actually says we cared for him as if you was our own son so that gives you a little bit of an idea about how the toll of that debate is right now here in germany and many people do feel very insecure about this incident of course is got

all the ingredients of feeling so it's a young man killing his girlfriend they're minors and adding to that he came to germany as a refugee in the refugee crisis in the height of the refugee crisis in two thousand and fifteen and sixteen so talking about the political consequences right now there is one far right party who certainly is trying to benefit from the situation they're the ones who can now come and come out and say look we've we've been saying that this is a potential risk for germany and time and again we warned of migrants coming into the country. we have to remind our viewers maybe that this party was elected into the german parliament for the first time also because of that criticism because if they criticize the open door policy of under medical in two thousand and fifteen of allowing more than a million migrants coming into the country interesting leave the mayor of the town

the mayor of contant a german town where that incident happened he came out today saying that calling for tougher policies against grants is pure populism and if you look at the statistics you might be right all right well let's talk about statistics give us the facts what is the crime level among recently arrived immigrants slash refugees well and of course talking about statistics is not that easy to you know draw conclusions about what i can. tell use that first of all to make it a bit more complicated there is no they don't differentiate between migrants in general those who've been here for a longer time and refugees that came in during the refugee crisis bob what's interesting in the recent statistics is that first of all the numbers of crimes committed by migrants is going dahlan and then second that the nationalities syria people from kut coming from syria afghanistan and iraq that crimes committed by these people is in average

a lot lower among the crimes committed by migrants than other nationalities and also the people those of those of the nationalities of traditional refugees so it gives us an idea that the criticism here might not be accurate also another statistic coming from the ministry of the interior that's very interesting they say that there were not more crimes committed by than by germans and then in particular talking about syrians afghans and iraqis again the crimes committed by them are even below the german average so we cannot really blame refugees following the statistics for being more criminal than germans or south thank you. now what do you do if you want to play football they don't quite have that fitness level to dash around for ninety minutes while a relatively new version of the sport called walking football you heard right might

be the answer for you it's now spreading from britain to france then the mayor oh it's very simple you know a lot. england gave football to the world in the late eighteenth 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. it wasn't known in front 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 yourself from running during a game is actually quite hard but walking is still a good form of that's the size. we come to france to enjoy the quiet life.

in england if you don't play football rugby goals there seems to be a lot more to do for an older person so i'm happy to play football here. it all goes to prove that football is for every generation. new york's legend terror is legendary new year's eve festivities are just two days away and authorities are busy putting security measures into place aimed at ensuring that everything remains safe while for some residents celebrations have already kicked off with a time square tradition that encourages people to leave unwanted memories behind as the new year beckons. these people in new york are ready for a fresh start it is good riddance day and passers by on times square are invited to shred their bad memories of twenty seventeen some serious. it rests and.

it has control of my life and i want to get rid of it some not so. good. today is a small farewell to twenty seven thousand here on times square it is set to host hundreds of thousands of revelers in two days for new year's celebrations the security alert is high but authorities aren't warning of any specific threats. from terrorists regard new york as the exact kind of place they want to disrupt and new yorkers respond consistently with strength and resiliency we saw after the two attacks in the fall concrete blocks and sand trucks have been put up to stop vehicles from speeding into crowds visitors to times square it will have to pass through a number of checkpoints along the way and snipers on top of buildings will be assigned to eliminate any threats the n.y.p.d. and our partners are well prepared is going to be one of the most well policed best

protected events and one of the safest venues in the entire world and the aim is to leave visitors with no worries as the ball prepares to drop. and usher in a fresh start to twenty eighty. all right thanks so much for spending part of your day with us on a rock n roll and on behalf of all of us here at the top of the hour.