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We start with liberia, where it was announced a short time ago that the former International Football star george weah has won the president ial election. His supporters celebrated as the Electoral Commission announced that with almost all the ballots counted, mr weah had won more than 60 of the vote. George weah made his name playing for ac milan, he was the first and only player from africa to win the coveted ballon dor award. But for the last three years he has been a senator in liberia. When...

Files revealing that Margaret Thatcher once spurned good evening. A suicide bombing in the Afghan Capital, kabul, has claimed the lives of at least a0 people and injured more than 80 others, with women and children among the casualties. The Islamic State group say they carried out the attack, which targeted a Cultural Organisation and news agency in the western part of the capital. In recent months, so called Islamic State has attacked many shia muslim targets in this area of kabul, where the ma...

A suicide bombing in the afghan capital, kabul, has claimed the lives of at least a0 people and injured more than 80 others, with women and children among the casualties. The Islamic State group says it carried out the attack, which targeted a Cultural Organisation and news agency in the western part of the capital. In recent months so called Islamic State has attacked many shia muslim targets in this area of kabul where the majority of the citys shia population lives. Our correspondent in kabul...

The next president of liberia will be the former International Football star, george weah. He wept with joy as he waved to jubilant supporters in monrovia, after winning more than 60 of the vote. With him was his running mate, Jewel Howard Taylor, the ex wife of the disgraced former president , charles taylor. George weah was the first and only player from africa to win the coveted ballon dor award and he made his name playing for ac milan. For the last three years, hes served as a liberian sena...

The former world footballer of the year, george weah, has won the liberian president ial election. Mr weah played for a string of football clubs, including ac milan, chelsea and manchester city. He entered politics after his retirement in 2002, and will succeed Ellen Johnson sirleaf africas first elected female president. From monrovia, umaru fofana reports. Hundreds of jubilant supporters hundreds ofjubilant supporters of george weah took to the streets minutes after the Electoral Commission an...

The former world footballer of the year, george weah, has won the liberian president ial election. Mr weah played for a string of high profile clubs, including ac milan, chelsea, and manchester city. He entered politics after his retirement in 2002, and will succeed Ellen Johnson sirleaf africas first elected female president. From monrovia, umaru fofana reports. Hundreds of jubilant supporters of george weah took to the streets minutes after the Electoral Commission had announced the results. T...

President ial election. Mr weah played for a string of high profile clubs, including ac milan, chelsea and manchester city. He entered politics after his retirement in 2002, and will succeed ellenjohnson sirleaf, africas first elected female president. From monrovia, umaru fofana reports. Hundreds of jubilant supporters of george weah took to the streets minutes after the Electoral Commission had announced the results. They chanted, it was george weah we wanted. And it is george weah we have got...

A huge fire at an office and restaurant complex in indias Financial Capital mumbai has killed at least 1a people and injured several others. Were getting reports of a fire in a multi storey apartment block in new york. The Emergency Services have reported at least 15 people injured and an unconfirmed number of deaths after the blaze in the bronx. The american broadcaster cbs is reporting 6 people have died. The fires said to have taken place towards the northern end of prospect avenue which stre...

New yorks mayor says the citys worst Apartment Building fire in decades has left 12 people dead. Four people are said to be critically ill and Emergency Services said at least 15 people were also injured after the fire in the bronx. Its believed to have started towards the northern end of prospect avenue, which stretches up near bronx zoo. Local media say the fire erupted shortly before 7pm in the evening, local time, on the third floor of the five story building. Five storey. A witness from a n...

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