you can look at history mission to where you got this. point where you see searchers fighting against unseen the city starting january seventh w. . this is d.w. news live from berlin another deadly attack on egypt's coptic christians at least nine people are killed outside of cairo church filled with hundreds of worshippers witnesses say police and the churches locked doors prevented a massacre we'll go to cairo for the latest also coming up. from world footballer

of the year to president george we will be liberia's next leader and supporters in the slums where he grew up are ecstatic but now the hard work begins in one of africa's most battered countries. and the world renowned for hildy jumping torn it kicks off in saturday in oberstar germany and for the first time in almost two decades two germans are the favorites to take it all. and welcome to the program egypt's coptic christians are in mourning after another attack by suspected extremists authorities now say at least nine people were killed in a gun fight after an attacker attempted to break through security outside a church in a cairo suburb the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for the

attack islamic militants have repeatedly targeted egypt's christian minority in recent years. bullet holes on the cup the church of insult in cairo after another attack on egypt's christian minority. a church service was taking place inside the church when a gunman started shooting at people outside the building there are conflicting reports about whether a second gunman was involved and got away. bishop and drills whose leading prey is inside before the attack he says hundreds could have been killed if the door had been opened. in the autumn here there were crowds god save the door was closed i don't know but that's the way but not all of the churchgoers were lucky there was an elderly lady who was coming out of the church to see what happened and she too fell here and died her blood was here. egypt's

state media says police managed to capture the gunman hours before the so-called islamic state claimed the attack. coptic christians make up about ten percent of the population in egypt where the majority is muslim. they've often complained of discrimination and accused the authorities of failing to protect them . over the past years they've repeatedly come under attack by radical islamist just last week hundreds of muslim demonstrators stormed a church i'm going to three people friday is a turkey came ahead of christmas for the copes who celebrated on generate a seventh. on the line now from cairo is our correspondent there karim algo hari we've been getting conflicting reports karim on how many gunmen were involved in this attack and whether they have survived what do you know. well there where the conflicting reports if it's one or two attack us but the interior minister talks in

its basement upon one attacker who was shot and arrested and identified by name and call to one of the most dangerous terrorists in the area without identifying too which group even of now there's been several attacks on the country's large christian minority in recent years what accounts for this. first year as always attacks against christians in egypt also during for example the time of who thought of but maybe we had three particularly bloody attacks one of them on the chaplain at the cathedral in cairo with twenty nine dead last december and then last ponson there were two churches one of the nicest guys the other one and exams we have with forty five people that i think that the numbers of victims this time is you know what is the reason for this is because the attack not managed to enter the church because he was he'd be gauged by security guards of the church as the hallmark they

were claimed by his which of course carries on a military horsehide to christians but christians are also a relatively soft target for them like more difficult attacks on security forces this attacks all to ensure more international yes and it's a way forward at the dickens to prove that there exists and then strike wherever they want to be detected with maybe they also hope to split egyptian society but clear up in no such acts i would say that the anger about it is more unifying which is decisive ok and if it's unifying egyptian society do most people there feel that the l.c.c. government is doing enough to protect christian. well because over the topic specially when they enter the churches there are no security guards in front of churches there is fronts of some churches to reach the streets blocked during the months to prevent car bombs and now the few ministers the military announced that

they also created some kind of record deployments courses for the christian upcoming holy days but it's also clear clear that all this everything through the measure has of course it's limited you cannot turn every church in egypt into a fortress kareem algo hari in cairo thank you very much to india now where the lower house of parliament has passed a bill proposing jail time for muslim men who are trying to divorce their wives through a practice known as instant divorce the bill outlaws the practice of ending a marriage by saying or writing the word which is arabic for divorce three times in succession india supreme court ruled in august that instant divorces are unconstitutional more than twenty muslim countries have already banned the practice of liberia is poised to usher in its first democratic transfer of power in more than seven decades international soccer star turned politician george way out won

a landslide victory in the west african countries presidential runoff a little while ago the country's election commission declared him the president elect receiving more than sixty percent of the vote liberia a country founded by freed american slaves is africa's oldest modern republic it will be the first democratic transfer of power since one thousand nine hundred forty four. was jubilant supporters welcome liberia's new president to his party headquarters to prepare for gov george well has waited a long time for this moment after previous election defeats this time he's won a landslide victory was supporters in the streets celebrating the triumph of the candidate with the rags to riches story was sorely missed was not a kid that was the man that had tripped the two of them up to it was such that was just so we had a president who was up there on that we're stood as a candidate of change running against outgoing vice president joseph who quickly

conceded defeat in the. captain of this ship it is not for him. that his ship comes to. move his boat where has long been famous in liberia born in the slum he shot to soccer stardom in the ninety nine to his playing for europe's top clubs after retiring he's been active in liberian politics for more than a decade his 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 those only one name on everyone's lips when the results were announced was where will take the reins from current president ellen johnson sirleaf in january just by going in the nobel peace prize

she's been criticized for not doing enough to tackle corruption where supporters want him to put out of the top of his to do. was. now to some of the other stories making news around the world dozens of palestinians have been wounded by israeli gunfire during fresh clashes in the west bank. and gaza thousands were protesting against u.s. president donald trump recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital officials say at least forty people were wounded in gaza and another sixteen in the west bank. in new york at least twelve people have died after a fire tore through an apartment building four others are in critical condition the city's fire department chief says a three year old boy playing with a stove cause the blaze in the bronx china's foreign ministry has denied reports that it's selling oil to north korea south korea is holding

a hong kong flagship for allegedly violating u.n. sanctions a south korean newspaper says u.s. spy satellites have detected chinese ships transferring oil to north korean vessels about thirty times since october. germany's top four has ruled that a ninety six year old german must go to jail for his role in mass murders committed at auschwitz in world war two oscar groning had argued he was too old and sick to be imprisoned he was convicted in two thousand and fifteen some twenty thousand young christians have made their way to the swiss city of basel for a gathering of the thais a community the group is an ecumenical christian order founded by a swiss monk during the five day event the participants from more than forty countries will pray attend services and discuss social issues.

singing and praying together in the city of basel that's one of the highlights of the teasy community meeting and a unique experience for many young european christians. cottage using especially the songs of the many young people singing together and praying together and the silence which gives you time for personal reflection that something special and completely different from the regular church at home i counsel meets such a lot of religious people which believes in god and is very good to said is this this is trust and this faith and this joy of being christian it's a festive atmosphere and basel here participants from different countries get to know each other in line with the french to z. communities spirit of friendship. the community stands for reconciliation between different christian denominations and for european cross cultural understanding can pierce soon you can most of the relationships that develop here are very important

for your own people without these personal contacts between countries and regions will not be able to find out exactly how to build your of of whom couldn't. these young people will pray and sing collectively in basel until new year's eve and then salute the start of the next year together. tennis superstar serena williams is gearing up for her return after winning the australian open earlier in the year the thirty six year old american took a break from ted ted his career for another milestone in her life the birth of her first child she's now due to play french open champion yelena asta panko on saturday in an exit bishan match up a move adalah tournament in dhabi and the organizers of the australian open believe williams will take to the court to defend her title in melbourne in january. the iconic for hill ski jumping tournaments starts on saturday and albert starts germany it's the first of four competitions at four locations in the next week to

determine the ski jumping king german fans will be in a particularly boisterous mood as two of their compatriots lead the overall world cup standings which also makes them the favorites for the four hills title something a german hasn't won in sixteen years. holding the favorites are invited here it's the opening press conference for the four hills tournament worley the top two in the world cup are invited those five and on their ass about. the whole month we worked hard to get where we are now and that's why i would say that at preparations of better than last year's so on saturday it will be more a case of simply getting up for the tournament and doing the jumps. to do earlier jumps this winter earned one world cup win for developing and three four freitag making it his best season ever. but that certainly doesn't mean winning is now a given for him. these kinds of decisions i can certainly jump very well but i can

also do pretty poorly you can see it all when i'm in training but i think that's the case for everyone i'm looking forward like crazy to this tournament and am in good shape you know. and the payoff for being in such good shape is leading the world cup that hasn't happened to a german in almost two decades now maybe germany's eagles as they're known will soar to heights that will once again put them in the record books bitter cold weather is gripping much of the northern united states and expected to stay that way for the days to come in the town of hamburg in new york state the icy temperatures have seen parts of lake erie freezing over with ice also forming around the surrounding trees and benches. and a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. in liberia out the former

soccer star george weah has been elected president it's the first time in over seventy years that the west african country will see a transition of power from one democratically elected leader to another. don't forget you can always get news on the go just download our out from google play from the our store that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the app to send us photos and videos. thanks for watching but for now. my first buy station was a sewing machine. for all women their bones by this. human something as simple as learning how to write them by side isn't. since i was in.