Blessing in his message and has called for israelis and palestinians to come together and resume talks aimed at a two state solution as the path to peace in the holy land and. How i closed coaches then coaches out the bundesliga might be on a break but theres plenty to look back on at the halfway point. Thank you very much for your company at least five people were killed and more than a dozen others injured in moscow after a bus plowed into a busy pedestrian underpass all russian News Agencies say the bus careened off a road and then plunged down the steps of the underpass Police Detain the driver in the incident occurred on one of the busiest roads in western moscow. All right want to take you now it to the russian capital where w. s Emily Sherman is standing by emily first off what more did you learn about the crash. Well things are very unclear at the moment what we do know is that this crash took place just off of or just on slovyansk which is an eight lane road on the outskirts of moscow not near the city center it is a busy road however the cause of of this what happened is unclear at the moment but several sources that are being cited in russian agencies are saying that it was an accident rather than a terrorist attack but thats the basic version thats being investigated by police here but again we dont know local state t. V. Is also reporting it as an accident as at the moment well kind of have to wait and see as to the cause but what i would say is that today in russia is a normal working day russians celebrate christmas later so its not a celebrate torrie its not a festive day of any sort and it has been snowing all day its very cold here and i see as well all right emily i just want to point out to our viewers as well as youve been reporting lulu showing live pictures of the scene of that crash of a very damaged well the front part of that passenger bus can you just remind us please what exactly happened. Well the bus drove onto the sidewalk and into an underpass where at least four people were killed and several people were injured by that bus. Driver already been identified. The driver was arrested just after the crash hes apparently already been questioned and there is some information now in russian state agencies that he was apparently sober and also one Agency Reports that hes been working for the bus Company Since two thousand so theyre kind of pointing to the fact that he may have been quite reliable but we dont know at this point whether if it was an accident which we also dont know it was to do with human error the weather or something to do with the bus and there are videos on social media that show that the bus moved out of a parking position and straight into this underpass so we dont know exactly what happened yet and why but its rather strange we have to wait to see what comes out of this but for now were gathering from your reporting officials dont seem to think that there was a nefarious motive behind this accident when reporting from the russian capital moscow thank you all right next we want to turn to christmas celebrations christians around the world across continents and cultures are celebrating christmas and as this custom francis has given the. Blessing from the balcony of the basilica overlooking st Peters Square its one of the most sacred addresses in the catholic calender. But then these. Days. Its fleet week. Some ten thousand catholics sent to risk out that outside st peters to hear the popes traditional blessing be at or be means to the city and the world and the pope also had a worldly matter on his mind in his address francis repeated calls for a solution to the only going conflict in the middle east which was recently stoked by u. S. President Donald Trumps recognition of jerusalem as israels capital. On this festive day let us ask the lord for peace for jerusalem and for all the holy land let us pray that the will to resume dialogue may prevail between the parties and that a negotiated solution can finally be reached one that would allow the peaceful coexistence of two states within mutually agreed and internationally recognized borders. The popes Christmas Eve mass was no less political francis drew attention to the plight of refugees he told catholics to be welcoming towards people who have been driven from their homelands by conflict comparing marion josephs journey to bethlehem with the mass migration scene today the holy couple had arrived he said at a place where there was no room for them to stay. Or he just. So many other footsteps are hidden in the steps of joseph and mary we see the tracks of entire families forced to set out in our own day we see the tracks of millions who do not choose to go away but driven from their land leave behind their dear ones. So now as i wrote there. The pope support for refugees has put him at odds with some politicians but already its become a key feature of his tenure. While here in germany presents halter steinmeyer used his christmas message to urge calm despite Political Uncertainty in the country was fast on america has been trying to form a new Coalition Government says federal elections back in september while in his first christmas address steinmeyer encouraged germans to draw lessons from the past for fast rising by the summer thirty years ago the Christmas Season was characterized by incredible or and enthusiasm thanks to the fall of the wall. Although it was an unforgettable moment for all of us it also marked the beginning of uncertainty for many. Looking back dont we see how much it paid off to celebrate that unique moment without fear. German president frank held his first christmas greeting as president from his residence last bellevue he called on people to seize initiative in uncertain times. Because indian for help in this were not going to help the situation so our future is not sitting story when we can overcome the sense of powerlessness and alienation on both a large and small scale if we take action as a community if we stop calling on others to be responsible and start to realize that responsibility begins with us. Each time i also addressed the delay in forming a new German Government now the longest in postwar history. Not all things that are unexpected should inspire a shia this also applies when the formation of a new government takes longer than full scene. Of the vote in the us but the german president gave his assurance that the country remained stable. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world. At least six people have been killed in a suicide bombing in the Afghan Capital kabul the blast occurred near an office belonging to the countrys National Intelligence agency during the morning rush hour a socalled Islamic State has claimed responsibility. Made on marco has joined the royal family for their Traditional Christmas Day Service at the queens sending them a state its a break with tradition and marriage partners of royals after he was late not been invited to the estate prince harry and marco are set to marry in may. Bruce president has pardoned the countrys former leader all berto forty more on medical grounds while throughout the one nine hundred ninety s. Who held an iron grip on power in peru but was later given a long prison sentence for crimes committed during his tenure the former strongman supporters are cheering his release but others are condemning the move. The morning. Hospital bed his son kenji reads out the text of the pardon for quote humanitarian reasons citing doctors determination that he suffers from incurable and degenerative medical problems. It was but on the streets of lima outrage at the pardon among human rights and left wing activists they say he should remain in jail. Where totally opposed to the pardon because fujimori is a war criminal he sterilized women against their will and had Union Leaders and journalists killed. In that salute indignation we will never forget what has happened and what he has done little the. Anger to a current president pedre. He had promised not to pardon for he mari then last week he survived a no confidence vote in congress which is dominated by for him or his supporters. This pardon is illegal the medical report that supposedly backs up this decision is a fraud its all part of a political deal between the foci mores and kaczynski party where you reject decision your solicitor seriously. But frankly mori also has a large following supporters celebrated his release at the hospital where hed been taken on saturday straight from prison. He reportedly has cardiovascular problems its the most part we are extremely happy just as has been done for the best president peru has ever had the man who gave us peace and defeated terrorism. Seen here in file footage was president throughout the one nine hundred ninety s. Hes credited with defeating the leftist shining path insurgency and restoring economic stability but he was authoritarian he once suspended the constitution and shut down Congress Transparency international has ranked him among the worlds most corrupt heads of state. Foci mori supporters may now be rejoicing but his release has reopened old wounds and threatens to further destabilize the country. Now. You are right of all this is proving of a or controversial decision to talk more about this so we can join now see me on the table in the capital see me on that thank you so much for joining us this has proved to be a very polarizing pardon the current president said he would not willy so if what made him change his mind. Well i think this looks to be a payback a quid pro quo full votes from some members of the fujimori polity in congress who voted against impeaching. Inskeep last week without those ten votes also out of the seventy seventy one votes of the party he would have been impeached last week right now kaczynski would no longer be president so it looks like hes paying back Kenji Fujimori the son live at a fool. Who was one of those members of congress and looks like he managed to get away some of the other members of his party from the politics of votes against the impeachment all right so thats the political angle of that story what is this pardon doing to the Peruvian Society how do people feel about this pardon well this is deeply polarizing ill bet of who he is a deeply polarizing figure here. A lot of people revere haven full presiding over the defeat of the shining path terrorists. And basically pulling the rw out of an economic crisis in the early one nine hundred ninety s. But just as many perhaps probably more people will load him full the massive corruption he opus will run for the human rights abuses he over soul and believe that he is rightly was rightly in jail so freeing him is a d. P. Polarising move here. To see me on the table reporting from the peruvian capital lima thank you very much. Thank you. And i want to hand you over now to garrett who has the first installment this week of this weeks series on agent trade route that is to be revived yes and for that we go to china where the road starts and china of course is one of the most important economies in the world today building on a centuries old tradition as a great trading nation thousand years ago caravans of camels brought forth the linz ices and silt from china to the rest of the world following a network of trade routes called the silk road now china is reviving that tradition with a gigantic Infrastructure Project called the new silk road beijing is spending hundreds of billions of dollars on it the project includes all sorts of transport hubs including roads bridges railways ports and airports both in china and abroad and this week well have a closer look at the different stations and routes of the silk road project and we begin in the former Imperial City of she done this starting point of the mobs of growth over there the east of the country from here leads west with four three and a half thousand kilometer until it reaches hole course at the border with qatar star and theres nothing a story about hawkers its a new town founded only four years ago thanks to tax breaks business is brisk Twelve Thousand companies have already settled there to cash in on the silk road project and that also means thousands of new jobs were created to help keep the good flowing along the new silk road. On the outskirts of ceann three men are preparing for a modern day silk road caravan. Surely examines the assignment and says theyll take the highway for the entire route. Theyre going to deliver to dump trucks that have just rolled off the assembly line. See on is a city with millions of residents and was the capital of china during several dynasties more than two thousand years ago siyang was the starting point of the renowned silk road. Camel caravans transported silk and other goods to europe until the middle ages. Gold and jewelry were brought to china. If everything runs smoothly the men will reach whole gas in six or seven days its a border city in northwestern china thats where the kyrgyz is client will pick up the trucks. Because its a long trip but i like traveling this route ive been doing it for the past four or five years i really like it. That. The truckers have a three and a half thousand kilometer journey ahead of them. China has expanded the route substantially in recent years beijing has earmarked some nine hundred billion dollars for its new silk road including roads railways lines pipelines ports and airports. The route goes through breathtaking landscapes the colorful mountains were barely known until a few years ago now there are tourist attraction many people here hope to benefit from the new silk road. The oasis city of dont honk is already reaping the rewards part of the desert is a National Park and camels now transport tourists instead of goods. Only doesnt pay much attention to the beauty of the landscape he often thinks about his ten year old son. He frequently calls him since the two seldom see each other. On organization and become a truck driver its too dangerous the army could be good for him because you can develop a strong character there. The last province on the route is shin jungle where the muslim turkic speaking wiggers complain of discrimination china is often accused of suppressing the ethnic group in its efforts to fight terrorism investment along the new silk road may help ease the situation and defuse the conflict. The three drivers are close to their destination spending the last night at a highway rest area it costs two dollars cheap enough for their limited budget they can finally get some rest and have a smoke. When hes not sure they get used to this life. The next day theyll reach their final destination on the border with kazakhstan and then return to ceann by train. Station well have for you tomorrow in scandinavian folklore santa claus here doesnt live at the north pole but in the north of finland and lapland a small village that styles itself at the home of father christmas to attract tourists sounds very tacky and actually it is but most visitors from asia are just loving it. Its a Winter Wonderland at santa claus village just outside the city of rovaniemi more than three hundred thousand tourists come here each year with high seas and in december here in northern finland they can enjoy a reindeer ride and join in the festive holiday spirit people from warmer climates are particularly fond of the snow. People here are very friendly and with spears quite different and theyre both easy and its really x. And this is like holiday over where a few years ago many of the visitors came from neighboring russia they helped drive up revenue in santa claus village but times have changed. But the last season alone we did witness hundred percent growth of Chinese Markets and also the overnights from from singapore and then they will they are big numbers from the others asian markets as well but those are the. Snowslide snowman and a snow bar there is plenty to please the tourists. You know like a shot. He said to me love the road because in the poison very very hot country nearby accommodations are convenient for the many guests this typical finnish style hotel cost six Million Euros to build and was financed by chinese investors they can turn a good profit in lapland with the help of asian tourists and some are likely to return next year after warmly recommending the finnish winter to their friends. In german soccer going to sleep is enjoying a well earned winter break after one of the most compelling first half of the season in years i profile sacking some spectacular goals and huge controversy over the new a video referee system mean theres hardly been a dull moment and Nick Mckenna Klein from sports is here with me it has really been a remarkable few months in german football has a new dimension it was by a second car washing machine rehiring here behind us for the third time goldman flying high for the first eight days and then absolute tumbling for the last half of the first half the season and cologne being so bold we knew there can be bad but not this bad and you mention v. A. But i do not want to get started on oh right well hold that thought because we want to take a look now at the season so far. The comeback of the year so your pint is replace the sacked. Return for a fourth stint as coach of byron munich in october seventy two year old trying to steady the ship and buyer now have an eleven point lead at the top of the bundesliga. Brasier dortmund also changed coaches after a flying start to underpay top bush dortmund season fell apart as they went eight league games without a win the dutchman was fired in early december and replaced with x. Cologne bust. And tossing them if they let him go back alone in a few days later im dortmund coach no would have believed such a story if it hadnt have happened when the mother used to live in sin if cambridge the ritz it was a kind of. Show that had departed cologne with the side rooted to the bottom of the bundesliga having finished an impressive fifth and reached europe last season after top score Anthony Modeste left for china and wasnt replaced their campaign nose dived with injuries also not helping. The sporting director and coach paid the price and relegation now back. In contrast second place child of the one of the positive surprises in the first half of the season thirty two year old coach domenico to tesco has found the perfect mix theres been no magical football just hard work and a huge team spirit as shown by their incredible four all draw at darby rivals dortmund having been down for now. The big talking point this term has been the video review trial rather than limit controversy the system has caused more confusion with the rules over its use unclear referees are in the spotlight more than ever. Using Video Evidence is correct in their view but the way we have implemented it has been a catastrophe both internally and externally and thats what will surely hit the buffers and see what you want to feel like everything into. Ball its important to keep your eye on the ball. Mind keeper robin said no wont be making that mistake again in this new good clothes will hope to have a bit more focus for the second half of the season starting on january twelfth. Im doing so much to pack there nic were going to climb from to the resource is still here with me to give us give us his own personal highlights of the want to see the season are so far i just we just heard about coached a lot in that report who according to you was your coach of the German League this year i think surprise surprise would have to be fired because really i mean coming in after and still if he had failed to bind obviously and this is a guy whos hes a seventy two when he left the club in two thousand and thirteen after winning the trouble with bae and essentially spent more time in his garden than he did anywhere near football pitch he retired he didnt he didnt want to having to do with football in a longer and then he came back and was like a duck to water as if you was never away and the interesting thing is of course he brought two coaches with him whod worked with him before how my gal and Peter Hammond and have a combined age of two hundred so theres definitely wisdom there somewhere which has got this team to turn around and improve this season so this is my coach so far well read the tea leaves for us lets look ahead and its safe to say well probably be top of the table who are the other contenders you think who might be there to challenge them and them we got a shocker double and david who is new in the hope top or i think shall coach thats quite surprising they have a new coach with dominica to tesco theyve been really really good city season compared to the last two seasons and i think they will qualify for the Champions League dortmund now appear to struggle as well i see leverkusen more as the the wobbly candidates in those four i think they might talk down to the o. For the places and maybe supposed to possibly leipsic who qualified last year as well now that theyre out of the Champions League the pressure is off and this is their time now to regroup and put a real offense on to the second half the season of our look lets look at the other end very briefly if you can cologne they dont look really good nor do hamburg tell us about that they were planning for the Second Division so we can already wave bye bye to them but its interesting theres a coach in the u. K. Called Alex Ferguson who coined a phrase which is bounce back ability and. Theres a different meaning but in this particular case it works to hamburg that regardless of what situation theyre in they bounce back from it and i probably do it again this season to the surprise of us all right nic mechanically thank you. And before i let you go its Christmas Day across the globe so Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating santa and rudolph are still very busy at the moment as they enter the final stretch of their world tour about before they set off on their travels on Christmas Eve they made a pit stop in alexandria virginia the duo entertained families on the banks of the for two American River at the annual Christmas Show before they set off on their road wide present delivery on st nick and we dont were joined by none other than the grinch on jet ski overcame is grumpy and the holiday spirit has all spectators. Wow. Their own minder of the top stories for you before i let you go. Pope francis has backed the two state solution for peace between israel and the palestinians delivering his Christmas Day message at the vatican he also urged done a lot to resolve some of the worlds most intractable conflicts. Cruise president has been granted a medical pardon to x. 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