can apply miss him to me on this. point with. surfers fighting against unseen police. starting january seventh on the job. this is you know use live from berlin from world of 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 guiding his country through recovery from the years of civil war and

a recent ebola outbreak also coming up. mourners remember eighteen age girls stabbed to death in a german drugstore the suspected assailant a fifteen year old afghan refugee is fueling debate in germany over the country's asylum laws. and shredded to forget it for those hoping to be loved here in the new year it's out with the old in new york city visitors and residents celebrating good riddance day you bid farewell to last year's bad memories in the lead up to new year's celebrations in times square. great to have you along. liberia is poised to usher in its first democratic transfer of power in more than seven decades 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 in twenty thirteen i 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. ok so listen listen to it

korean is not a kid to own up to it is a mandated trip to overnight success to our reality president the office of the us. 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 over the we will take the reigns from incumbent president ellen johnson sirleaf in january it will be the first democratic transition of power in the country in over seventy years. now to some of the other stories making news around the world officials in egypt say a gunman killed at least nine people after storming a coptic church just south of the capital cairo want to sail into a shot dead and the second was reportedly taken into custody authorities have not yet disclosed the motive for this attack. yes 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 the parliament failed to hold zuma to account over a scandal related to

a state funded upgrades to his private home soon his 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 moved by officials say the fire started in a popular restaurant and then quickly spread through a four story building more than fifty people were injured and we stay in india where lawmakers in the lower house of parliament passed a bill that could prosecute muslim men who try to divorce their wives and a practice known as instant divorce the bill outlaws to solving marriages by saying or reading the word luck which is arabic for divorce three times in succession while offending husbands could get up to three years in prison the bill comes after in the us supreme court ruled instant divorce is unconstitutional more than twenty muslim nations around the world have already banned the practice.

while the bill is not without controversy. is in india for a us ashish how important is this bill and how widespread is this practice in india . but a little of the movement that we've seen here in india on this issue in the last couple months has been truly significant as you mentioned you know this is a practice that has already been outlawed in many muslim majority countries but that wasn't the case in india even though this has been a hotly debated topic here for many years. now that's all changed obviously with the supreme court ruling in august and now with the law that was passed through last night but you know what's interesting in the indian context perhaps for an international audience is the fact is why this is taken so long and that really comes out of a desire by many stakeholders to maintain the secular fabric of india that is to

not infringe upon the religious minorities right to have their own personal sets of laws which is which is something that is the case here in india and things like this can be seen by some as an infringement from the central government on religious minorities raids are allowed to that point how has the indian muslim community reacted to this. well before elaborating on that i should say that you know this is a move that has widespread support even within the muslim community this is largely seen as a regressive outdated practice which which had time had come for it to go but there are segments of society that are concerned with things within the bill particular aspects of it for instance the fact that men can be jailed year in for allegedly doing this practice without any warrant from the police has some concerned that this is really just

a attempt to demonize the muslim community and harass muslim men there are also concerns about what it my duty of family is in terms of breaking them up since the supreme court ruling has ruled this this practice not to have any meaning anymore families couples would essentially still be married but men would be in jail and then questions over over how women would be financially supported in these situations so a lot of people worry that this could also be a slippery slope to further sort of infringement as some would see it on religious rights but the government of course has said that that's not happening and this is specifically on the issue of instant triple the law something that they feel needed to be tackled because ok well how have the muslim indian muslim women reacted to this well you know as i said as a whole the community is largely very supportive of this their war particular

women's groups that have been advocating for this for years there and they're essentially the reason why this has happened they've been pushing for this for years women who have been victims of this of this practice so they see this is a major victory in terms of their empowerment. my heart reporting from delhi thank you. back here in germany the fatal stabbing of a fifteen year old girl has hit a national nerve the suspected assailant is in police custody he is a fifteen year old and accompanied refugee from afghanistan the two teenagers were dating until recently they reportedly ended their relationship earlier this month the girl's parents filed a police complaint for harassment and threatening behavior before this happened. 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 rived in the german area of hessen 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 who come without documents whole

. two 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. now you may have heard the expression good riddance to bad rubbish well in new york city visitors and new yorkers have headed to times square to literally shred to forget some of the bad memories of this year and kick off a new year with a new slate. 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 crashed. it has been throughout my life and i want to get rid of it some not so.

today is a small farewell to twenty seven thousand here on times square it is said 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. 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 it 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 the aim is to leave visitors with no worries as the ball prepares to drop.

and usher in a fresh start to twenty eighty. right now what do you do if you want to play football but don't quite have the fitness level to dash around for ninety minutes while they are 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 know a lot to run. england gay football to the world in the late eighteenth hundreds and now the english have brought a variation of the game to france woking football has been invented especially for the older generation a club has been set up in brittany by english ex-pats but with no it's. seems 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 also from running during a game is actually quite hot but walking is still a good film of that's the size. we 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 an older person so i'm happy to play football here. it all goes to prove that football is for every generation. all right now a large parts of the northern united states are in the grip of bitterly cold weather at the moment and weather forecasters say there will be no change for days to come in the town of hamburg and new york state the icy temperatures have seen

parts of lake erie freezing over with ice also forming around the surrounding trees and branches. are you watching the news with so have a lot more to tell you about here's what's ahead apple has apologized to its customers first slowing down its iconic i phone the u.s. company also decided to cut the price of replacement batteries from our on that to you business with that is up next and also going to the top of the hour. on freedom and the whole. world i come from the region is rich in history and talent but so poor in education opportunity and freedom this makes it especially.