Minister paolo gentle sets more fourth as the day for a National Election of the president dissolved Parliament Open the the latest from iraq. And carnage in kabul multiple bluffs rocks the Afghan Capital a Suicide Attack on a shia Cultural Center and Media Outlets kills adults and. Im sarah harman welcome to the program its good to have you with us former soccer star george weah has won liberias president ial election provisional results show we are taking about sixty one percent of the vote defeating Vice PresidentJoseph Walker we have supporters in the capital city monrovia have been cheering his victory the fifty one year old will be sworn in next month and was sent to be the countrys first democratic transition of power in more than seven deal here. Correspondent evelyn bang is standing by in monrovia for c. Joins us now on the line evelyn why do people in liberia vote for we are. Ok it looks like we lost the line to evelyn there in monrovia we do apologize for that well try to bring her back for you later in the program just to summarize former footballer george we are has one liberias president ial election and this is a man who grew up in a slum of the capital monrovia he went on to star for several clubs in italy france and england after retirement he turned to politics making his first bid for the presidency back in two thousand and five now despite defeat he continued to try to make a comeback on the political stage. It was on food bowl pitches like this where liberias most famous son forged his reputation as a winner. George we began breaking the mold in his early twentys when he left war torn west africa to score goals for europes elite clubs. He never lost touch with home he. Almost. All of. Been to it as well as winning a slew of Team Trophies he became the first african to win the prestigious balon. After life in football where turned his attention from the pain to politics tasting his first defeat in the two thousand and five president ial election. But as a bowling superstar standing out from the crowd came easily a decade later his time had come. From. Bird flu in. Preparation that was marred when he chose the wife of x. President and no convicted war criminal trials taylor as his running mate it triggered accusations that he locked who destroying is in we as campaign for liberians grateful for peace but desperate for work it didnt seem to matter come polling day where again was confident his promise of roads jobs and prosperity was enough. Im not associated there were reason to do this. They said to go to when the old habits die hard no fifty one george where is watching the goals go in. But he keeps making history of his own becoming the first liberian president to take power democratically since one thousand nine hundred forty four. The Italian Government says the country will hold a general election on march fourth of next year the president has dissolved parliament to make way for the vote earlier Prime Minister paolo gentle on a defended his governments record and said he would stay in office until a new government is in place the election is said to be x. Three way contest between gentle on his democratic populist five Star Movement and alliance the former Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi. Lets go Philip Whelan in rome philip palm has been dissolved a new election is going to be held in march was this expected. Yes this is part of an orderly transition phase the rough date of the dissolution of parliament had been and not some weeks ago the date of the fall that much was already penciled in in many calendars and in particular the desire was to avoid dragging out the legislature to the bitter end with the risk that the government could lose a confidence vote in parliament and therefore be in a weak a position for a k. Take a role that particularly if theres an uneven and uncertain outcome from the election three main competing groups in roughly the same number of votes or what happens thats part of the governor. Well i think well see a very likely election campaigns. Several months or italian politicians to offer their burying formula as to the electorate and theres been really an Action Campaign dragging on for many months now with the legislature. Moving towards its end and already were seeing some fairly populist. Promises from people such as prime if phone Prime MinisterSilvio Berlusconi and from the five Star Movement universal wage will pull people in italy out of the sort of sweetness of the electorate and their questions about toward extent the country could afford these measures former Prime Minister met a raincy responding at very school in philly saying that the country would be bankrupt if his rivals won. A year ago runs he stepped down following a referendum on constitutional reforms had these fashion elections been in the pipeline since then. Effectively yes but. Prime minister paolo gentil only who took over from mr a and see again really in a caretaker capacity has shown himself to be a very skilled operate he said at. A number of measures through parliament that people generally agreed were necessary he has a very low key style and thats appreciated by many people so its not as if this last year has been no wasted i think if the Democratic Party has better than expected a lot of that will be down to mr gentle onis performance and if it does worse than expected could fall to mr gentil only again to form some sort of a grand coalition possibly with some of the supporters of mr berlusconis coalition and steer the country through its current difficulties so mr joe gentile only a very low key but the man of the moment i thats Philip Whelan reporting for us from wrong thanks very much. Dozens of people have been killed in a Suicide Attack in kabul socalled Islamic State has claimed responsibility multiple bomb struck a shia Cultural Center and a media outlet at least forty one people were killed and dozens more injured security challenges continue to plague afghanistan recently there has been an uptick in i asked attacks against shia targets in the country. They searched through the rubble for signs of their loved ones. But after the force of the explosion little was left behind inside the shiite social and Cultural Center. The bomb went off inside this building that is also home to an afghan you say agency. That i love ok when the explosion went off we skipped from the unknown we were working and went to the rough. We saw the smoke and flames coming from our basement and went to help and see what was happening there when we got there the situation was very hard to devise a class of students have been marking the anniversary of the soviet invasion of sunni majority afghanistan when the blast tore through the building eyewitnesses describe several explosions on the compound. While we were moving the wounded to the hospital a second explosion went off here if you minutes later. On the film for two or three with. The injured were brought to nearby hospitals with several wounded taken in for surgery on. The. Course so while i was there for a book return it. During the talk there was a huge bang so the infidel and smoke rose from inside the hole to get. My face was burning. I fell off my chair and i saw other colleagues around me on the ground although the smoke was everywhere. I dont know what happened next. And where they go on the phone with. Armed guards patrol the area where the explosions happened so called Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack afghan president ashraf ghani called it an unpardonable crime against humanity he pledged to destroy terrorist groups. Heres a look now at some of the other stories that are making news around the world the United States and turkey have agreed to resume full viso services for each other citizens washington said had kept to assurances that no local staff would be detained or arrested u. S. Halted services after a turkish citizen employed a consulate in istanbul was detained in october. More than one hundred fifty migrants from iran and iraq have demanded the opening of the border near the serbian border town of should they want to enter the e. U. Member state croatia and continue their journey to western europe Serbian Police broke up a similar protest at the same spot yesterday. A teenage boy is in custody here in germany after the fatal stabbing of a fifteen Year Old Girl in the south western town of condo the boy from afghanistan came to germany a year and a half ago as an unaccompanied refugee teenagers reportedly ended a relationship earlier this month the girls parents had filed a Police Complaint after he threatened her. Children on the front lines of the worlds conflicts face shocking levels of violence as according to a statement by unicef director of emergency programs in new york today Manuel Fontaine said combatants were blatantly disregarding International Laws meant to protect the vulnerable and in many cases deliberately attacking children and using them as human shields. War is hardest on the most vulnerable those who survive are often marked for life. In syria death and violence are part of growing up. Unicef says snipers there even used children as human shields in many war zones theres no regard for children at all. For years we have seen brutality and many wars and crisis regions but when the iraqi city of mosul was recaptured from the Islamic State children were being used as human shields in Northern Iraq children were recruited and then ordered to carry out suicide bombings. And its children who suffer the most the result is often deep psychological scars in south sudan and yemen children face not just violence but severe shortages of food and medical attention. In that in myanmar in ukraine in many conflicts you see the situation the way kids consider tents and you know weapons and munitions to be part of their lives so when the other kids would be drawing butterflies and did bears kids who grow in conflict their daily. Tents and they eat as long as peace is out of reach unicef says children in war zones have no future. Youre watching the news coming to live from berlin way back at the top of the hour with more before i go ill leave you with some pictures of our planet taken by astronauts on the International Space station there are thousands of images to choose from but here are some of the best system. Has no children which makes her feel worthless and incomplete. In a society that expects them to bear children this is a burden many childless women are suffering from a very personal film about the suffering of childless women in our church a fruitless tree start