Up the victims of a gun attack on a Cupcake Church in egypt are laid to rest the socalled Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the cairo attack. At a deep freeze across much of the United States for the new year record breaking blizzards and brutally cold temperatures have Many Americans full of winter books. And they shaped our views and the world we live in today at the draw at the end of the year we look back at some of the personalities and famous faces we lost and twenty seven. A matter of thanks for joining us thousands of iranians have turned out in a mass show of support for the countrys religious rulers after days of rare government protests. Regime demonstrators have gathered in several cities for marches that were planned weeks ago meanwhile the government of the Islamic Republic has warned people against what it calls illegal gatherings as follows two days of angry protests over corruption and the surge in food prices u. S. President donald trump has warned teheran to respect protesters rights he tweeted that the world is watching. And for more we are joined by a f p correspondent Eric Randolph in teheran eric antigovernment protests in iran they are rare but still weve seen two now three days of scattered antigovernment protests what is the scale of this what does it mean. Well this started on the day in the second city utah shots started off as just a normal routine protest against enormous problems i didnt costs but surprisingly spiralled out of control and soon people were chanting slogans against the regime as a whole it spreads to other cities around the country on friday we have people even chancing. Of the monarchy that was toppled in the ninetys and not revolution which is something we havent seen since the mass protests back in two thousand and nine and it really put everybody off guard. And. Called some trophy regime. Well i mean its interesting you mention this two thousand and nine protest todays progovernment protesters anniversary protests about suppressing those protests and what makes this wave different from what happened you know eight years ago. Well back then there was a allegations of election rigging which brought many of the middle class and streets this time its horrible people who are complaining about corruption about high living costs about losing money large scale financial scams servicing different demographic this on each but it can spread of more why many people would expect to be locked in a household still protest all over iran we normally dont see this kind of attitude regime slogans that are really quite flagrant so today the government has really been trying to take back control of the initiative. With the fortunately for them day out a series of programs around those who already organized it today specifically to mark the anniversary of the defeat of those protests back in two thousand and nine inch and that was an opportunity for the regime to give a show of strength. Clearly there were tens of thousands of people who were gathering in the streets of tehran and masha and the other cities showed those still a very Strong Quarter of support. Public. You know rouhani is last election when was fairly emphatic but he is embattled by his domestic opponents do any of these protests put him and his status under threat. Well you know ron is faced criticism from the conservatives on the hardliners specifically over these precise economic questions so it creates an interesting dynamic the hardliners want to hit right on the on the economic question at the same time they dont want those protests do exactly will it after the last couple of days which is spiral out into protests against the regime as a whole so trying to balance those two things is quite difficult in the end this might actually end up helping iraq because it will show that its hard my conservative opponents that they cant get into art because they risk. Encouraging protests the put the entire regime risks and i think this might end up favoring moderate lenient pot that said everything is very unpredictable at the moment no once all these protests coming and we dont know that they might not continue at the moment things look relatively under control today its iraq first very small numbers of protesters tried regime supporters came out quite. Right Eric Randolph in tehran thanks so much for your insights but egypts Coptic Christians are in mourning after another attack by suspected islamic extremists Authorities Say eight worshippers and a Police Officer were killed in a gunfight when an attacker attempted to break through security outside a church in a cairo suburb this socalled Islamic State has claimed responsibility in the past year it has killed dozens of christians encourage bombings in shootings. I had least eight Coptic Christians were killed in fridays gun attack. A joint funeral was held hours later attended by hundreds of people i queuing to enter the church mourners expressed grief and anger at yet another attack on the christian minority this time a week ahead of orthodox christmas. I know nothing thirty of them i knew you know im during our christmas every holiday they send us these gifts cards you are vengeful with your eyes. The attack happened at the mom in a church in a cairo suburb a gunman on a motorcycle opened fire on worshippers leaving a service at least one Police Officer was also killed. Only quick thinking prevented more deaths. Here there were crowds inside we closed the doors and we heard the shooting god saved us i dont know but then. All thirtys have given conflicting reports on whether the assailant was killed or arrested and on whether a second gunman was involved in the socalled Islamic State has claimed responsibility the shooting comes just a month after militants affiliated to i. S. I. Attacked a soofi mosque in north sinai killing over three hundred people. Egypt remains under a state of emergency. As more families grieve it is clear that Security Services are struggling to contain a brutal insurgency. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world mourners in gaza have held a funeral for a palestinian killed in clashes with israeli troops a spokesman said soldiers shot at the instigators of what it called a violent protest regional tensions spiked after u. S. President donald trump recognized drew sloan as the capital of israel. As the new york city have held a vigil to honor the victims of an Apartment Fire in the bronx that killed twelve people including four children it was the citys deadliest fire in decades Officials Say the blaze was started by a preschooler who had been playing with a stove. Russias Supreme Court has upheld a ban on Opposition Leader alexina volleyed from running in the countrys twenty eighteen election the courts rejected his appeal to a prior ruling that him from registering as a candidate of all the responded on twitter calling on russians to boycott the vote. Or deep freeze has taken hold across much of the United States record breaking snow fall and subzero temperatures have hit communities hard across the northeast and the midwest the cold spell will make the start of this new year a tough one for those at risk. As a safe haven away from the life threatening cooled the rescue mission in milwaukee is bursting with people in need of a hot lunch and most importantly a place to warm up. Standing. On the site and pretty quickly the deep freeze continues across much of the country and authorities are urging the public to help those in need. The extreme weather is not only a threat to humans even fish or freezing to death. These sharks were found dead on the coast of massachusetts experts say cold shock may have led to their demise. And this place made the news earlier this week with a new record of its own erie pennsylvania had one point five metres of snow in two days some residents are still digging their way out and even more snow is underway. Experts say the weather is linked to Climate Change from his private resort in florida prison trump tweeted that the u. S. Could use a little bit of Global Warming the u. S. Leader publicly denies the existence of Climate Change. Those who can are trying to make the best of the unusual weather an illinois family turned their backyard into an ice rink to the delight of their children and forecasts indicate they wont lose it any time soon. Or beatles jarring go star and bee gees icon berry good have been knighted by Britains Queen elizabeth and this years new years honors list l. A. Based radio star now serving said he was honored to be recognized for his music and for his charity work well sir barry used the occasion to pay tribute to his brothers and fellow bee gees of whom he wrote some of the biggest hits of the disco era you. See. Their new years honors ams to recognize people who contribute to National Life in the u. K. Well as twenty seventeen winds down we take a look back at some of the worlds most influential people who passed away over the last twelve months thanks for watching and to stay tuned to g. W. News coming to you live from berlin. You know. You know. Thank. You. Steve. My first boss like i was a sewing machine. Where i come from women are bones by this ocean to even something as simple as learning how to write a by side isnt