And coming up in sport. Manchester city have the chance to go above leicester and into second place in the premier league with a win at wolves hello and welcome to world news today. Dozens of passengers have survived a plane crash in kazakhstan in which 12 people lost their lives. The crash took place in heavy fog, although the cause isnt yet known. The khazak company bek air operated the plane, and it crashed shortly after taking off from kazakhstans largest city almaty. It was en route to the capital nur sultan with 100 passengers and crew on board. Of those, at least 60 people are being treated in hospital, as our correspondent Sarah Rainsford reports. Rescued from the wreckage, a baby boy is rushed to safety. He was discovered in the arms of his injured mother after their flight crash landed. Moments after take off, the plane had rammed into a building. It broke into pieces on impact. But there were survivors. And some even walked away from this unharmed. I was sitting next to an e
Viktor yanukovych, fled to russia. The un says since the conflict began more than 10,000 people have died in the donetsk and luhansk regions. Andrew plant has the story. In the war torn east of ukrainian, carried on three plain buses, hundreds of prisoners are heading home, some after years in captivity. More than 300 people, in one of the biggest prisoner swaps since the ukrainian conflict began, the first such swap since september last year, arriving with their belongings, shivering in temperatures close to freezing, but glad to be finally free. Translation i am very happy that i am going back to ukraine, and i thank everyone for the work that has been done to be able to see my loved ones again. Translation i want to believe that people are tired of all of this and must find the strength to engage in a dialogue, because without dialogue, we will be in a deadlock with no way out. The prisoner transports arrived in the early hours in the donetsk region, in easter ukraine, at the mayors
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 he becomes president next month, it will be liberias first democratic transition in more than 70 years. Umaru fofana is in the liberian capital monrovia. Obviously this has been a huge reaction. What is it like on the ground . Absolutely. Wild celebrations. Minutes after the Electoral Commission announced the result, hundreds of people celebrated in front of the building. And then, across the city, you could hear the sound of jubilation, honking horns. It has been 12 years of waiting. It is goi
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 senator. When he becomes president next month, it will be liberias first democratic transition in more than 70 years. The bbcs umaru fofana is in monrovia. It has been wild celebrations, literally just about two minutes after the Electoral Commission chairman announced the results, hundreds of people were in front of the elections building in jubilation. From then on, across the city, you could hear the reverberating sound of jubilation, the honking of car horns. It has been 12 years of waiting for
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 announced the results. They charted, it was george weah we wa nted they charted, it was george weah we wanted an george weah we clocked. The capital reverberated with singing and deafening cough islands. It was never in doubt the former world footballer of the year would win. Election observers both domestic and foreign plays the conduct of the poll. This man was used a winning trophies but found it ha rd to used a winning trophies but found it hard to win this, the biggest award of his life. Libe