American, 112, now world's oldest man

A 112-year-old American has become the world’s oldest living man after the death of 113-year-old Briton Henry Allingham on Saturday.

Walter Breuning was born on September 21, 1896. He learned to read by paraffin lantern, remembers his grandfather telling him about fighting in the 1860s US Civil War, and cast his first presidential ballot for Woodrow Wilson.

Now a resident of the Rainbow Retirement Home in Great Falls, Montana, Mr Breuning takes one aspirin and eats two meals a day. He strolls the halls daily wearing a suit and tie, and still walks the ramps to his second-floor apartment.