Moment of triumph after winning liberias president ial election supporters in the slums broke he grew up are ecstatic but now the hard work begins in one of africas most countries. On its way out in india in a win for Women Parliament interest closer to stamping out the contentious islamic practice of staying divorced three times to end marriage. Also coming up mourners remember a teenage girl stabbed to death in a german drugstore the suspected assailant is the girls form of boyfriend a fifteen year old afghan refugee the killing is fueling debate in germany over the countrys asylum longest. And welcome. The program egypts Coptic Christians are in mourning after another attack by suspected islam is trailer herit Authorities Say nine cops and a policeman were killed when a gunman opened fire outside a church in a suburb of cairo the socalled Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack extremists have repeatedly targeted Egypts Christian minority in recent years. Bullet holes on the Cupcake Church of insult in cairo after another attack on Egypts 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 whos leading prey is inside before the attack he says hundreds to have been killed if the door had been opened. In a lot of here there were crowds god save the door was closed i dont know but thats the way but not all of the churchgoers were lucky because 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. Egypts state media says police managed to capture the gunman hours before the socalled Islamic State claimed the attack. Coptic christians make up about ten percent of the population in egypt where the majority is muslim. Theyve often complained of discrimination and accused the authorities of failing to protect them. Over the past years theyve repeatedly come under attack by radical islamist just last week hundreds of muslim demonstrators stormed a church and going to three people fridays attack came ahead of christmas for the copes the celebrated on generate a seventh. On the line now from cairo is our correspondent there karim algo hari weve 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 its one or two attack us but here it is there are talks and its pavement 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 people know of now theres been several attacks on the countrys 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 not upon sunday or two churches one of the nicest guys the other one is not exams we have we forty five people that. I think that the numbers of victims this time is you know what is the reason for this is because not many extra enter the church because he was even be gauged by security guards of the church as the hallmark they were claimed by his which of course carries and military horsehide to christians but christians are also a relatively soft target for them and like more difficult attacks on Security Forces this attacks all to ensure more in connection with the yes and its a way forward it is it comes 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 as x. I would say that the anger about it is more unifying which is society ok and if its unifying Egyptian Society do most people there feel that the l. C. C. Government is doing enough to protect christian. Wasnt was always a topic specially when they entered the churches there are no security guards in front of churches in front of some churches the streets streets are blocked during the month to prevent car bombs and now the interior minister the military announced that they also created some kind of record deployments courses for the christian upcoming holy days but its also clear clear that all this everything through to measure has of course its limits and we cannot turn every church in egypt into a fortress karim algo hari in cairo thank you very much 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 the west african countries president ial runoff a little while ago his opponent joseph ball conceded defeat liberia a country founded by freed american slaves is africas oldest modern republic it will be the first democratic transfer of power since one thousand forty four. It was the chairs of jubilant supporters liberias new president reaps tears of joy george has waited a long time for this moment after previous election defeats this time hes 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 cat that was the man that it tripped that sure was such that was how we had a president who was up there up that way or stood as a candidate of change running against outgoing Vice PresidentJoseph Bokhari who quickly conceded defeat in the. Captain of this ship. Is not for him. That his ship was. Moved but where has long been famous in liberia born in the slum he shot to soccer stardom in the ninety nine to his playing for europes top clubs after retiring hed been active in liberian politics for more than a decade with 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 exwife of former president and convicted war criminal Charles Taylor despite rumors that taylor was pulling the strings those only one name on everyones lips when the results were announced was where will take the reins from current president Ellen Johnson sirleaf in january despite winning the Nobel Peace Prize shes been criticized for not doing enough to tackle corruption where supporters want him to put out of the top of his to do. That. Standing by for us in the capital monrovia evelyn pay evelyn its good to see you its a landslide victory for george weah what gave him the add why did he went. Just where would simply because the liberian people decided they dont want and had no other units a party that didnt feel that this is the time but judge. With over eighty percent of the young people. Whats in judge we are in doubt hell as we wish him to see as him so they will want to you know i mean its a party that was exactly what what the Vice President and this event is taking compared to kind of judge we are ok so young people voted for him for change and hes relatively new to politics and hes chosen exwife of imprisoned warlord Charles Taylor as his running mate is there any concern about jewel how are taylors role in the new government now. Every round is that she has a wealth of experience in politics she has been elected twice as the senates own for nine years each so shes completing a second term now that would be complete eighteen years so she has a woman i guess viewers when it comes to politics unlike george weah so she brings experience on board with that of choice and touch we have who has not had any experience in politics until you got elected in twenty four to you as a senator he is still trying to learn your vote still or has been there for a very long time but are people concerned of the fact that shes involved considering shes the exwife of a warlord and has been imprisoned. There has been a real stick at issues here in when we were here and across the country so when it cant be there with people using that word thanks even they can its a body that when judge we know wins the presidency to how to let influence the influence of judge were not just a local come back to let you go is an issue with. Him in two in that campaign but this idiocy of were has continued to clarify that in no way is we genius government ask how its a boon to love back to liberia because hes not in jail because of what i do but theres an international kill so too has so many. Ok and so whats at the top of his to do list now that hes in government. Right now we are pretty sure that is how the village like beautiful property is so he will stunts is difficult this is huge work ahead of him but punchy l. U. V. s education where now with the difficult set in the economy that is what he has in his agenda but he has said earlier just i did most of the legislators sexual. Advance president. If other experienced people to make his governments a cesspool just coax him in a civil. In the liberian capital monrovia thank you very much. Thank you. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world dozens of palestinians have been booted by israeli gunfire during fresh clashes in the west bank and gaza thousands were protesting against u. S. President doll trunks recognition of jerusalem as israels capital Officials Say at least forty people were wounded in gaza and now there are 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 citys Fire Department chief says a three year old boy playing with a stove caused the planes in the bronx. Chinas Foreign Ministry has denied reports that its 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. Germanys top court has ruled that a ninety six year old german must go to jail for his role in mass murders committed at auschwitz and World War TwoOscar Groning had argued he was too old and sick to be imprisoned he was convicted in two thousand and fifteen 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 balik ira big for divorce three times in succession India Supreme Court ruled in august that instant divorces were unconstitutional more than twenty muslim countries have already banned the practice. In delhi for us ashish can you first tell us more about the idea of instant divorce and how it works in india. Well instant divorce or instant triple the law is a practice whereby a man can divorce his wife just by uttering the word lock which means divorce three times in one moment this is different from another form of to put the lock which is spread out over a longer period of time usually about ninety days which allows for some reconciliation between the couple instant triple to lock obviously leaves no room for reconciliation and its a practice that already been outlawed in many muslim majority countries but in india its continued to happen in in the Muslim Community and the reason that is because it was its really because of concerns about potentially disrupting the secular and makeup of india about infringing upon religious rights because the situation in india when it comes to personal law when it comes to matters of divorce and marriage is that different religious groups are allowed to have their own personal laws to govern that and so things like this can often be seen as interference from the Central Government in personal religious law ok but it does appear that these type of laws dont necessarily match up with the constitution Indian Justice minister says that this law is now about ensuring a quality for muslim women because triple to lock fundamentally into infringes on their rights is this step generally being seen as a positive step forward. Well the movement that weve seen on this issue in the cut past couple of months really started years ago i mean that its a result of stuff that started years ago by many muslim women who have been active activists who have been pushing for this many of them victims of this practice themselves and so what we saw in august with the Supreme Court ruling that this was unconstitutional was really a huge victory for them but many people have actually been a bit critical of this bill which they feel goes a little bit further than that and that includes some of those activists who have been pushing for the banning of triple the locks for a long time but what their issue with this law is that it it criminalizes it and its a big confusing to some people in the sense that since the Supreme Court already voided the process meaning that if a man and uses this this procedure it basically has no legal weight anymore people are wondering why this was necessary and given that this is the it pro a government that has has pushed the pro hindu. Policies or has been accused of doing such at the expense of minorities like muslims people are a little wary of their of the governments motives here and theyre worried particularly that since policeman can now arrest a muslim man on this charge whether he has a warrant or not simply because someone may say that this guy said that thats worrying people because they feel that its going to demonize muslims further and potentially be used as a tool to harass muslim men as shes my whole track in delhi thank you. Its the final trading day of the air and investors are taking the time to reflect on twenty seventeen daniels got more on that for us right investors in germany had one of the punchy end to the year that alas it wasnt so in a muted final trading session twenty seventeen on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange went out with or when put in a bang the main index the dax was noticeably down the from its record high this year ending at Twelve Thousand nine hundred and seventeen points but investors still have plenty of reasons to be cheerful it seems they ignored the political risks here in germany which still hasnt formed a new government three months often an election germanys benchmark close this friday summit thirteen percent up on the years opening a markets month only bots has this segment on the year that was twenty seventy. What a surprise twenty seventeen practically no one had high hopes for the market but instead there was one record after another in new york with the dow in frankfurt with the dax the dax for the first time over thirteen thousand five hundred points during the course of the year the Central Banks pumping out money at super low rates still and companys earnings also improving the World Economy clipping along rather nicely much better than expected politics not a damper neither the nor the conflict with north korea nor donald trump in the white house in fact the u. S. President one of the main drivers of the market with his tax breaks twenty eighteen further potential seen the dax here in germany could reach over fourteen thousand points for the first time thats what not a few Analysts Expect of course there are also the political risks they could play a bigger role in twenty eighteen than they did in twenty seventeen people say. Only bots that on the year that was staying in germany the highest court he has rejected a bid by folks flocking to suspend the work of a special order to. The auditor is tasked with investigating what v. W. Executives knew about the companys illegal emissions test cheating and when they knew it says installing the auditor violates its fundamental rights but the appeal court has ruled that a persistent lack of transparency at the makes this special investigation necessary. Around one thousand years ago long caravans of camels transported goods from china to the west among that cargo precious silk which gave the route its name the silk road the Chinese Government now wants to revive it investing hundreds of billions of dollars in ports and roads bridges and airports between china and its western trading partners this week were looking at some of the stops along the route and our series finishes in the german city of two spork its home to the largest inland port in europe handling three point seven million shipping containers a year making it an ideal hub for chinas new silk road project the rail link bringing freight here from china is already up and running by more than two dozen trains a week and the transit time of just under two weeks is full time shorter than the traditional sea route giving the rail link and advantage because in trade time really is money. But europes largest in one port most containers arrive by ship. But not all. It might look and spectacular but this is one end of the new silk road a freight rail route stretching eleven thousand kilometers and connecting duis book with chong ching in central china. Instead of silk and spices typical cognos today include Household Electronics and textiles. But the bulk of the sympathy would be were part of the largest conurbation in central europe. The chinese want to sell masses of consumer goods. And the best place to sell them is where you have a lot of consumers. Combine that with a Dense Network of roads and rail links at this end plus the rhine river connecting with rotterdam and also the brooder on europes west coast its ideal. Come to think. There are now twenty five trains a week to do is book from china carrying both goods and hope for the future. Located in germanys industrial heartland duesberg used to be a wealthy city but its been in economic decline for decades. The citys representative for Chinese Affairs still remembers the steel plants lighting up the nighttime sky when he was a boy today like the coal mines across the river valley to most have been closed down in the late since once again in the last twenty years weve lost around thirty or thirty five thousand jobs in the steel industry. Which is why he welcomes trade from china. And the new so growth will boost the influx of investors such as ya mean one who has big plans to do is book. Beginning here in china and we will be building a China Trade Center here. On this line behind us we will have one hundred twenty thousand square meters of office space over five stories. Hundred twenty thousand meter. The center is set to accommodate around two hundred companies which will have excellent access to the European Market from here the construction is being subsidized by the Chinese Government as part of a long term strategy. That also includes the new train link. It may not be making any money for beijing yet but the financial commitment makes do is confident that when it comes to the new silk road and future trade the chinese really do mean business. The fatal stabbing of a fifteen Year Old Girl here in germany has hit a national nor the suspected assailant is a fifteen year old unaccompanied refugee from afghanistan and hes in Police Custody the two teenagers had been dating but reportedly ended their relationship earlier this month the girls parents filed a Police Complaint for harassment and threatening behavior. They want to show their grief the mentos for the girl who was killed in this drug store prosecutors say her exboyfriend 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 heston as a socalled 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 Merkels policy on refugees. But maybe we shouldnt let me pull in who come without documents. To years ago i warned of the consequences of americas 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 sports now or south korea is gearing up to host februarys Winter Olympics which also presents the host nation with some sporting dilemma such as how will it do in disciplines its not known for like ice hockey or south korea is not a traditional power but now its natural as a couple of players who come from the hockey nation canada. He shoots he almost scores its no just a Team Practice but koreans certainly hope hell score when it counts or at least his other canadian korean compatriots will stop the opposition from scoring. Meet forward brock redone ski. And goaltender matt dalton two canadians hoping to shore up the scoreline they play in south korea and are now also naturalized citizens just in time for the Winter Olympics. Redone ski thinks its a win win situation. And i grew up a cat. Proud to be canadian and you know in a sense im representing you know candidates whom my family and what im going to play for to korea so. You know im proud to have lived in both countries and when im on the ice you know im going to do everything i can for him priya. You know being candidates but. It also feel the need to know where to realize you know and. I am and some people are asking and thought i was representing north korea they just didnt know the difference you know were done ski has twice won the best forward title in the Asia Hockey League and last season dalton was voted the asian leagues best goaltender. And with players like that south korea hopes it will hammer the opposition and play an impressive tournaments after all for everyone on the Team South Korea is now home. And watching the unions live from berlin will need to leave you now with some moments featuring a few people who passed away in twenty seventeen thanks for watching. You know. 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