Well buildings have been reduced to a tangled mess Rebecca Henschke He says people have moved up to higher ground for safety there are pockets as you travel along that there are touched people is sleeping in mosques others are staying in relatives houses those that can I leaving this area so a lot of the tourists that flock to these beaches at this time of year to spend Christmas and New Year and now checking out and getting out so in places it feels like a ghost town president Joker Widodo has visited the area and people have been warned to keep away from beaches amid fears that the Amica cricketer a volcano could trigger another tsunami Margaret from the aid organization one of the sea Indonesia is urging people to donate money rather than essential items to help rebuild local economies base area it's actually in Ireland where the market is available and all the wonderful also help the community to get in there a livelihood like this the coming if you will certainly lost their livelihood and lost their shelters and anticorruption caught in Pakistan has sentenced the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to 7 years in jail on corruption charges the National Accountability Court handed down the verdict in a packed hall in Islam about the court found him guilty of having overseas investments beyond declared sources of income the court acquitted him in a 2nd corruption case. The United States Treasury secretary Steven Minucci and has held a series of telephone conversations with the chief executives of the 6 largest American banks his talks are part of an effort by the trumpet ministration to assuage the fears of business leaders over the economy before market trading resumes on Monday last week saw the worst falls in u.s. Stocks since the financial crisis of 2008 investors have been alarmed by suggestions that President Trump wants to remove the central bank chairman after an interest rate rise Dominic O'Connell reports Stephen minutiae revealed late last night that he'd spoken to the bank chief executives and that all had been able to assure him that their institutions had enough money on hand to fund all their operations the statement which had echoes of the 2008 financial crisis took French all commentators by surprise a few had questioned the strength of u.s. Banks and some say that this kind of statement was more likely to cause panic then to quell it Australia's Civil Aviation Authority says it will introduce stringent new controls on drone operators from next month highly accurate surveillance technology will be deployed at their ports and tougher safety regulations put in place a senior civil aviation official said the recent disruption at Gatwick airport in Britain had acted as a catalyst for change world news from the b.b.c. The authorities in Pakistan have suspended 3 police officers for negligence following the death in custody of an academic Professor Mohammed Javid from Sargodha university was detained in October on corruption charges police said he died of cardiac arrest in hospital on Friday a photograph of the body of Mr Javid with handcuffs and trains went viral on social media triggering widespread public outrage reports from Iran say an influential cleric Hashimi Charedi is in a coma in a terror on hospital previous report said that he had died earlier this year he went to Germany for treatment Mr Sharon he is head of the discernment Expediency Council which advises the supreme leader but has missed many of its settings over the past year because of illness. B.m.w. Is facing a criminal investigation in South Korea for allegedly trying to hide faulty parts and delaying recalls of its vehicles the South Korean Transport Ministry also find the German car maker $10000000.00 The team that's been investigating b.m.w. Since August found defects in the cars that could cause coolant to leak and set fire to the engine that have been nearly 40 cases of b.m.w. Engine fires in South Korea this year one of the world's favorite Christmas carols Silent Night is 200 years old today it was 1st performed in Austria in the village of open door and Salzburg on Christmas Eve 818 has Bethany Bell. In Austria no Christmas is complete without filing night or Schiller enough to 9 in Germany Silent Night was unusual for church music at the time because it was written for the guitar according to legend the church organ in Open Golf had broken down damaged by mice chewing the bell as the sun quickly spread across Europe and on to the United States and it's now simply one of the world's favorite Christmas carols to. The on b.b.c. News. Hello this is Dan Damon with world update from the b.b.c. In London coming up later on our program the Saudi comedian who fears for his life after the death of Jamal Khashoggi who is determined to go on making fun of the crown prince more on that later 1st to Sudan at least 10 people are reported killed during demonstrations against rising prices in that country the price of a loaf of bread has more than doubled over the past year and prices are not the only reason for the protests that have become increasingly a call for a change of leadership calling on President Bashir indicted as a war criminal by the International Criminal Court to step down his cheek a former prime minister now leader of the opposition party. Come. And listen. We condemn the arm for oppression and we support the regular forces which refuse the violence and we ask all the regular forces not to use violence against the oppressed and the hungry people the use of violence will lead to national and international investigation for sure protests are continuing today doctors have gone on strike in the biggest strike involving several more professions is planned for tomorrow are quiet car Duda is a Sudanese research are currently in Khartoum there's been a huge strain on the medical establishment basically we've had thousands of doctors is over the past years leaving for better opportunities abroad and the economy has not been spending the required amount on health services so it could put a huge pressure amount of pressure on the government. Well to get more on the background to the protest and how significant they are spoke to the B.B.C.'s James Kopp in all our former Khartoum correspondent people gathering challenging the authorities increasingly late night playing to the catamounts coming out to the street burning tires sometimes the striking thing about these demonstrations over the last few days has been the fact that they be not just in Khartoum but it started in other cities throughout the country not within a little bit in in other places before spreading to the capital and so people are starting off protesting against the high prices and they met with tear gas in some cases live ammunition that mean several deaths but those protests are increasingly taking on a political tone with people openly calling for President or mild Bashir and his government to step down James you've been able to illustrate in the past the danger that people get to get caught up in these riots face not just those who are protesting but those who want to bring that news out into the world this isn't a new interview but it illustrates very well those dangers tell us about this you know over the years I've covered dozens of protests in Khartoum and other places and typically people start out protesting then the authorities of the National Security Forces turn up this tear gas used truncheons to hit people in September 2013 which is when the biggest threats president my best his government has faced in the last 3 decades it got much more serious you thought it almost appeared to lose control of Khartoum and on demand and they responded with lethal force human rights investigation say almost 200 people were killed in those protests and even people who were just trying to document what happened got caught up in it like this young woman some agony I went to hear from people like they don't want this is our life I'm over here system so they're trying to have a new one so I'm being watching and I'm thinking like a video. So literally like going like war is not like people going outside the police like shooting people with gong was reported so is literally war and I'm taking a video the police came they saw like some people like running from the street so they should because this was taking the video so the police they saw me when I'm taking the video so they grab me and take which is a police station and they beat me up they tell me to Congress why I'm taking this with you so they're going in my head time if you didn't say this to us we're going to kill you after what happened I'm just saying for my own safety because of you. So clearly a great deal of violence on the streets in Sudan not just in Khartoum How do these things normally and then there's a possible to say that this is any different. Historically they've ended either with the economy getting better with economies been the trigger which it usually is or with government repression so in September 2 10135 or so years ago it was lots of people being killed so that is clearly a possibility the worry for the government now is that professional bodies trade unions doctors and so on seem to be pushing their weight behind these demonstrations trying to make it a more the political demonstration and of course everyone remembers the uprisings in 1995 which resulted in the overthrow of unpopular Sudanese leaders So that's the context the protesters are operating in the Sudanese government is in a very difficult position the economy is in a mess partly because South Sudan seceded 5 years ago taking with it is to the oil share the president would find it almost impossible to step down because he's wanted by the International Criminal Court for genocide and other alleged crimes in Darfur the war in the west of the country and he has shown very clearly that has no intention of leaving power and the Sudanese government is extremely divided in the sense that there are politicians political Islamist political pragmatists but also the military different branches of national security all of them armed and all of those bodies loyalties fluctuating at different points so it's a difficult situation to read but the fact that the professional bodies the trade unions and so on are parent Lee attempting many of them to join in with these anti-government protests is of extreme concern for President Bashir how strong is that support for from as you mentioned the military and others because as you say it's almost a decade now since he was indicted on these crimes by the i.c.c. He surely is one of the problems that is an obstacle to Saddam's development he is absolutely an obstacle to for example Sudan getting debt relief things like that is very. Imagine Western countries in particular which control that process giving Sudan the debt relief it needs to get its economy going and the collapse economy in Sudan is also political because of high spending on the military and security and conflicts in different parts of the country and so President Bashir helped by an oil boom in the past was able to keep the military sweet keep national security sweet he's one of the few people that all the parts of the security sector felt they could trust advocate their cause so in the past he's managed to maintain the loyalty of all the different parts of the military and security and so on one of the fascinating things about the protests of the last few days have been several incidents in which it appeared that the army were protecting protesters from the police suggesting a split within the security forces the very numerous different types of security forces that make up the Sudanese government apparatus that will be something that certainly is of concern to President Bashir who must be counting very closely who his friends are right now James Kopp of the former Khartoum correspondent for the b.b.c. You can get more on the b.b.c. Website including a tweet from our colleagues. Who covered the Arab Spring and says that now what she's seeing and hearing on the social media videos that are coming out from Khartoum are exactly the same chant the people want the downfall of the regime. For more than 3 and a half years Yemen has been promised by a grueling war which has spawned the largest humanitarian crisis on the planet more than 22000000 people are in need of humanitarian assistance the country is on the brink of famine a 1000000 people have suffered from the worst cholera outbreak in modern history well over the coming 5 days here's me we'll be hearing from 5 women living in very different parts of Yemen sharing insights to that day lives their hopes their fears and their dreams we start today with Dr. Somebody She heads the pediatric department in a major hospital in the capital Sana'a. The hospital where I'm working he's just in front of a military camp that was bombed many times and whenever that compound a lot of my hospital is disrupted and then after that the you know the security situation obviously better. But we are facing another problem that all of us have most of it is for the last 2 years. Also are facing the problem of the spread of a lot of baby the a mix of these easiest such as the measles the cholera diphtheria all these doubling our work before the biggest problem is there a lot of kids now come to us with TB and monetization because people cannot afford food for them. Having a child under my care dying needlessly in front of my eyes making me feel so those so sad and the feeling I have to do something. Actually graduate all flavors of Tropical Medicine. So my friends they're there I'll start to fundraise and they start to send this small amount of money although it's very small amount but it makes a big big big difference. So after their help I started to feel some hope I would like to thank them so much from the database of my heart. After more than 3 years of these complex and war we are so tired as doctors and they have says I know some of my colleagues who even cannot get food for their kids and doctors cannot get food for their kids when we know about anyone that reads to decide to ation then we start to help him by paying him a small amount of money we try to cut from here or from there but we need now someone to stand by us by just stopping this war. It is an option for me to be a man and go work abroad and maybe in peace but I decided to stay in Yemen because I feel that I'm sponsible about the kids in this hospital I'm a head of that department. Yemen historically was named as the happy Yemen and Yemen Saeed So once put an end for this were over the happiness of their life to come back and live again to care that. I would like to say Happy Christmas and Happy New Year for all of you and I wish that the peace will dominate the war. Somebody who heads the pediatric department in a hospital in Sanaa the capital of Yemen and you'll hear more from the voices of women in that country over the coming days here on the b.b.c. World Service and coming up a bit later on our program you'll hear from a Saudi comedian who is afraid for his life after the death of Jamal Khashoggi. But says nonetheless the jokes will continue He's coming up in just a few minutes time this is wild update from London. Also coming up on our program more mark 200 years for one of the most famous Christmas carols. We'll go to a village near sub's Bergen Austria where Silent Night was 1st performed 200 Christmas Eves ago something to do with mice in the organ loft you'll hear that story from Bethany Bell later our top stories just now the number of dead in the Indian easy and tsunami has gone up to nearly 300 a court in Islamabad a sentence the former Pakistani prime minister now i Sharif to 7 years in jail for corruption and the u.s. Treasury secretary has been talking to top bankers trying to soothe their concerns about market volatility volatility even We'll have more on those markets and how they're doing a bit later on this is World update. This is Dan Damon in London or during the Christmas holidays many families are planning to spend time together some though cannot do that in the United Kingdom if your spouse is from outside the European Economic Area you need to prove that you weren't just over $23.00 and a half $1000.00 to receive a freezer and that has left $15000.00 children without one parent or the other and with bricks it on the horizon thousands of British families living in Europe are worrying about whether that policy will affect them to live here Kremlin reports. Well. Where's your daddy. Daddy. Allie accruals towards her daddy his arms outstretched in his cooing encouragement but when she arrives to the other side of the room he can't pick her up it's because he's on a screen over 2000 kilometers away in Morocco and has never met his daughter in person. I need a lot of idea and I wasn't I mean I was I wasn't. I always. Abdu his 9 month old daughter earlier and British wife Becky a risk family it's the nickname given to thousands of couples and families separated and living in different countries because of u.k. Immigration laws the law states that a British spouse with a partner from outside the European Economic Area must earn a minimum salary of just over $23500.00 to qualify to apply for a visa for their partner or family members 40 percent of the u.k. Population would not qualify our family life is literally over Skype do is watching all the largest important milestones of our years 1st years over a camera and forced to be a single mom because of the policies you go to school today. Oh. Tom's been separated from his wife Annie and son Dan Dan who live in the Philippines for a year after failing to qualify financially for the visa a separation quickly took a toll on his mental health breaking down in tears when I saw families together or . Him music with you know references to families or children. That shouldn't be happening to me you know Tom feels he has one option left to get his family to the u.k. a Move to Ireland in order to attempt what's known as the surrender sing root named after a historic court case this route means that Brits who moved to the e.u. With their non a partner for at least 6 months can return to the u.k. Without needing a qualifying salary thanks to Europe's freedoms of movement but with the u.k. The e.u. Membership coming to an end time is running out for those attempting or contemplating that route the Home Office told the b.b.c. That those who come to the u.k. Via the surrender sing route will only be able to apply under the e.u. Settlement scheme if they do so before the end of the planned implementation period breaks it may even mean the Brits living in the e.u. And married to a European will need to qualify financially if they want to return to the u.k. Together in the future Susie's been living in Brussels for 18 years and has 2 children with her French partner but she's worried about her elderly mother so living on her right in the u.k. I came over here in 2000. Travelling around as we could at that time if somebody asked me about time if you go it's one way ticket. Possibly I thought differently about it for many a one way ticket to join their family is all they want but time is running out for those hoping that Europe will hold the key. Reporting. In September of this year 2 Russian nationals were identified as lead suspects in the attempted murder of the former Russian spy Sergei script out and his daughter Yulia that took place in the English town of source very the u.k. Intelligence services said that the men are officers from Russia's military intelligence service and it was a botched state sanctioned assassination attempt it was a story that dominated the news for much of the summer here in the u.k. What is less well known though is that the men were initially identified by 2 so-called super recognizers employed by the police these are people gifted with the ability to remember and identify a remarkably large number of faces and super recognizers are increasingly used in criminal investigations Kenny long is a super recognizer he was himself formerly a policeman Julia Marshall spoke to him to the always know that he had this special ability to be counted on never realize the gift at all until I got a call from him never one day who was the detective chief inspector at New Scotland Yard he said this Kenny I said Yes sir just to let you know you've made a lot of cations where the other person's been convicted or cool you might be suppression order. Was this sudden a close superhero to me especially in the place that offers lot of rubbish so we're going to have test integrated universe 2 docs just Davis and it turns out I was asleep recognize we had multiple sets of thing at the least 10 and then after our going vote it's got to specialist you know Scotland Yard. I was just wondering where you where at the time when you were identifying criminal suspects that you were better at it than other people no not oh I thought that everyone had disabilities I thought it was just an average thing that everyone could though so you were identifying a suspect against a database or you remembered seeing that person before how does it work so I sort of like a memory bank of images in my head size like of my little. It's a bias so I'd be watching briefings as you do in the morning of all different Playstation 2 level London and all of the country and see the images and I'd remember them somewhat fantastic another go for Audi sots or c.c.t.v. Of pills and say the suspects now say are recognize that person from someone's Oh and another then to find them so you really just don't know how big your databank is I have not got a clue at all any indications when you were growing up at all about this gift and now look back yes at the time I did not realize because like I said I fought everyone could do this the amount of times you get looks from people because I recognize our go on holiday to like a Pontins or a haven and meet some friends when I was 4 or 5 years old and about 10 years later not 15 I saw one of the young people that I'd met an occasional get upset alone they didn't have a clue who was there for. They just it's just you remember people have a long period of time like this some sometimes over done tests whereby we're showing pictures of people in a 6 or 7 years old and with how to match them to people who are in a forty's and have excelled in many many times in a Super Bowl there as well is there any time when it interferes with your life when it's almost annoying. Yes there is it is very very hard sometimes because people don't realize that is a great ability to natural ability but the problem is you can't really switch it off so when I'm in crowded places sometimes when I'm trying to relax my family it's quite intense because you're constantly looking around because for some reason I always have to look at faces it's not like a look down look up and a switch off you're always looking at faces because you look at that data in for some reason so you get fixated on a person's appearance 100 percent you're looking them and you're alike are fantastic in our face never face never face these people must be think you know more than what Cisco keeps their enemy is he crazy is quite quite a nuisance sometimes and he was hearing it on the news the mouth the is or is it is it the whole face was our test with this doctor Tim Holmes and he tracks your eye is exactly what you look at when you look at pictures and apparently it's very strange the 1st thing I look at the years most people go for center of the face 1st thing always look at that on a person if there is I don't know what it is I think personally because I know that is the best at that fanfiction for me because I have over time you is modest slightly longer and slightly stretched but that they tell an ear is actually fantastic to identify someone when you put your head down on the pillow at night. If you have a good night's sleep or is it full of faces your dreams you know I tell you I do have a fantastic sleep is only this year exhaust I going to the gym most days I managed to pass sound asleep either you have a lot of dreams face related but not to sleep well at night owls can be long or super recognizer formally a policeman who helped find criminals to be a martial speaking to him this is World update from member. The b.b.c. World Service is made possible by American Public Media as the largest station based Public Radio organization in the u.s. A.p.m. Offers award winning content to audiences everywhere the b.b.c. World service connects audiences to the world from international news to arts and culture programming listeners hear global stories and perspectives not heard anywhere else. This is one but then Damon former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been sentenced to 7 years in prison by a cold in this hole the latest live warnings that might be further tsunamis has in the coast of into these yes the death toll that grows larger and why is the u.s. Secretary of treasury secretary ringing the banks to tell them everything is fine is he persisting just a bit to hog more on that popped up in yours. B.b.c. News with John of the lies art and anti corruption court in Pakistan has sentenced the former prime minister now as Sharif to 7 years in jail for corruption the National Accountability court found him guilty of having overseas investments beyond his declared source of income but the judge acquitted him in a 2nd case Mr Sharif party the Pakistan Muslim League has threatened mass protests the authorities in Pakistan have suspended 3 police officers for negligence following the death in custody of an academic a photograph of the body of Mohammed jabbered with handcuffs and trains went viral on social media triggering widespread public outrage Bangladesh has deployed thousands of troops ahead of general elections and made allegations of attacks on opposition candidates and supporters the Interior Ministry said the armed forces would help maintain law and order officials in Indonesia say the number of dead in the tsunami that hit the Sunder straight region on Saturday has risen to at least $280.00 and of warn that the actual figure will be higher the worst affected area is Panda lying on the west coast of Java where buildings have been reduced to a tangled mess Australia says it will introduce stringent new controls on drone operators from next month highly accurate surveillance technology will be deployed in their ports and tougher safety regulations put in place a senior civil aviation official said the recent disruption at Britain's Gatwick Airport had acted as a catalyst for change doctors in Sudan have gone on strike as part of a 5th day of anti-government protests sparked by anger over the rising price of bread and fuel a general strike is expected on Tuesday as part of the unrest which is being seen as the biggest popular challenge to the 29 year rule of President Omar al Bashir b.m.w. Is facing a criminal investigation in South Korea for allegedly trying to hide faulty parts and delaying recalls of its vehicles the South Korean Transport Ministry also find the German car maker $10000000.00 That's the latest b.b.c. World Service news. Oh you're listening to World update from the b.b.c. In London this is Dan Damon in the past hour Pakistan's former prime minister now i Sharif has been sentenced to 7 years in prison he had been out on bail after being jailed in July when he's on his way back to prison now we'll get you more on that from Islamabad in a few minutes time also will be reporting from Indonesia the death toll now in the destruction caused by the tsunami that hit parts of internees here on Saturday has risen to risen to 280 people and that figure might easily reach much higher we'll get you some more on that as well here on the b.b.c. World Service 1st though few stories in 2018 captured the public imagination as much as the brutal murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul Turkey after weeks of fabricating a string of full stories as to what had happened the Saudi authorities finally conceded it was their people who killed him in what they claim was a botched attempt to kidnap him and return him to Riyadh How is that affected other Saudis willing to criticize the Saudi kingdom the dissidents Saudi comedian and I'm sorry is based in London he has a You Tube channel with more than 200000000 views of shows in which he routinely mocks the Saudi royal family so how does column feel as he watches with the rest of the world's the story of Jamal Soltys murder unfolding while I was walking with a friend of mine in Knightsbridge where we were approached from behind to show the guys followed us and then started shouting to me sane you know I didn't Who are you to talk about this so do real family and then my friend he's visiting from Canada and he's to try to stand in between saying to them guys you can't do that. You can to do this if this is London not Saudi Arabia and they just went to crazy it is on him say in the green is our slave and their beliefs are our dogs and in the attack to me there and where you reported to the police and stolen the 1st occasion who who were they to think as all of us when you have been to Jamal and different my experience has been a Saudi and nobody from Saudi Arabia will dare to do such action to any dissident without her permission so there are Saudis and now I think they've been instructed M.P.'s is Mance What's the reaction not the official reaction but what's the reaction amongst ordinary Saudi people who can get access to what you're doing my followers 94 percent of them are from Saudi Arabia and they are so happy and excited to see what I'm doing and they consider me as their voice because they can do it back home because they will be jailed straight away and the Saudi government has introduced a new local tire low which if you criticize the king or his a crown prince you would be jailed for a 5 year stand off in about $800000.00 Tell us about what happened to this famous Saudi comedian satirist Farhad tare well fed to father but he was kidnapped if the Jordanian i.e. Believed to be himself has talked about it and Jamal did say the government wanted to send a message that the Saudi Arabian government has said officially any opposition approach is subject to be a brooch back to Saudi Arabia by any means and this is the one of their explaining she went to kill Germany they said and he didn't a broad subject to be brought back home but something going to wrong good Jamal and . There was a time when people in the West governments and. West thought it. Was a reform that he was going to bring Saudi Arabia into the 21st century you made me laugh well. This is not a reformer he's a dictator a simple as that I can tell you one thing I have the contract for a major Western news organization that has signed a contract with them for 10 years each year $9000000.00 Part 2 for like when you win the bet by the media to make a good image about the Saudi crown prince and to make him looks like he's not a foreigner and he's the right man for the West but this doesn't mean he is a reformer the whole world have seen his type of proof before which is killin and it isn't going to be about he's going after them abroad and killing them and intimidating them what did we see from a forum is there any parliament which is elected by so he would know that the members of the parliament is been pointed by the king so would table for reform there is no freedom of speech there is no human right and it's getting worse and worse that business is so does full It doesn't mean it's was empty before M.B.A.'s came into power but it's been a full because he is not accepting any one to say anything about him or to criticize him what's going to happen and around him do you think he can go on repressing free speech hanging on to power yes unfortunately he will go on as long as President to try is backing him up the president if you need to say to now looks like he's a representative for the Saudis kind of a sorry comedian a Saudi comedian based in London let's now go to a slum about speak to our colleagues or mileage after he has outside the court where the former prime minister now i Sharif has been sentenced to 7 years in prison he was out on bail where is he likely to be now. Oh. This will be taken into custody and will be cost but he shifted to. Tell us about the charges against him. It was spot on missed occasion. In which the students teachers and were. Willing to all sure companies and. The revelations and initiated an investigation against somebody and this a few people is since when you're out of the office of prime minister last year and . Ordered the con to belittle beautiful the country to the fights he got upset references against him so it's only as references were of pertaining to 2 properties. Which should be family set up and then they would in exile in 2001 in and the other one was about flagship investment company so he was acquitted in an intersection not me but I was in prison for 7 yes in. Which case and the prosecutor claimed that he had failed to present the money for as yes to MIT's he has insisted all the way that these are political charges and they're unfair and he has lots of supporters how many of them outside the court. Any. It's. So almost 1000 police and that I mean if you said you know Dick right. In and around and this whole if you guys come to see but if you did only media persons and some of the black egos were not but still you thought you were. Tools to sneak in despite security might use it and it's. You know you can discuss those since morning and if and no support as if no lost cities you are trying to make feel we inside the court building but was stopped from doing so but some office protest us are protesting just a few. Kilometers of you from the court building and they have been you know limited shelling against those for just us but listen back and believe that his arrest is not going to is not going to stop of it he bites that you know protest camping because people who are his supporters have a soft spot until him but but generally that is this growing sort of thinking in Pakistan that politicians who have been involved in a crap practices should be brought to justice thank you much indeed for minor Jeffrey and the line just about held up and so we stuck with hearing from outside the court or in Islam about how she said although there are some people there are supporters of no us Sheriff there is not widespread expectation that there will be more protests not enough anyway to disrupt things there although she said some slight Challis I suspect she meant the use of tear gas but clearly that sentence is not going to be imposed and we'll see whether an appeal is the result you're listening to World update from the b.b.c. That sent 2 other on one of our other big stories today the death toll in the tsunami that hit parts of Indonesia on Saturday has risen to at least $280.00 people officials are warning the final figures could be much higher waves that were . To 10 feet high battered several towns along the Sunda Strait which separates Indonesia's Java and some outer islands it's thought that those huge waves were triggered by underwater landslides caused by activity from the and Akaka tar volcano Here's a man speaking from a hospital in Benton province west Java where he's being treated he was at a beach concert when the tsunami struck them on the. 17 went on stage after my turn and at about 930 pm I saw water coming from behind the stage as the stage had its back to the beach which was about 10 metres away and the state was about 6 to 8 metres high when I saw water coming in about knee high I tried to run but suddenly the current dragged me and I was drifting away from the mouth. Of the volcano erupted again on Sunday yesterday many a warning that another tsunami is a possibility Indonesia's president joke away doto visited the affected area today he said efforts are underway to get those at risk to safety. But everybody has to be careful and stay alert when we're still evacuating evacuating the dead victims and taking care of the injured ones those who are health clinics and hospitals that's a solution to the situation Kathy Miller is from the Indonesian Red Cross and says that the government's beginning to clear the roads excuse me a local Red Cross team has just received word of hundreds of people who are trapped there on their way to an area where they've been told there are up to 800 people who have been cut off from any kind of aid because of damaged roads so the Red Cross teams they're going in right now and they're bringing things like tarpaulins and clean drinking water and blankets and some people who are trained in 1st aid in case there are anybody who's injured in that area Kathy Miller from the International Red Cross what we can speak now to David Lipson who's the International Correspondent for a.b.c. News Australia who's in charge in western Java What are you seeing there David. Well I'm standing on the coastline that has been well destroyed really a number of shacks really local residents that situated behind Rice on the base front there's not much left of them but there is a man right in front of me trying to salvage what he can and to help meringue to get what he can to form some sort of shelter because it's the here and right now as it has been quite a lot throughout the last couple of days it's raining once again which is not only adding to the misery of the survivors it's hampering the search and rescue effort and perhaps most seriously it's also adding a lot of white physical wife to the slopes of the volcano that is about 50 kilometers out to sea and some of the 50 children both already here for the event that added Weiss on the floats of that volcano could trigger another landslide and that's potentially another tsunami as well you told us you can see a man trying to rescue stuff from his home what about the official rescue How is that going. Well pretty well comparatively into danger as you know we've had some very serious disasters in the past few months. On more remote islands the one positive thing about this one certainly this coastline is within driving distance of the capital Jakarta just 3 or 4 hours drive and so very quickly on the scene we've seen military personnel we've seen search and rescue teams rescue dogs and most importantly heavy machinery as well we didn't see that for Di even up to a way go longer in for example the island of Lombok this series of quites we sold and in Central Sulawesi where there was that quake and tsunami and the other positive thing is much of the infrastructure here reminds in place the roads are operating and so it telecommunications and the care that people need those who have been injured is not available to them. Well in varying degrees even. Certainly getting the essential to life food and water where we Spain but we've also been told and we know of. Some other areas that are more isolated in a more console off now because there wasn't an earthquake as I mentioned the infrastructure has largely been in place except for the areas right along the shore line so people seem to be getting. Me a long time before there's any sort of sense of normal Laski. Is there any chance that a warning could have been issued to protect these people. Well potentially yes and that's the sort of thing that he's saying investigated and will take some time to get to the bottom of there was no seismic there was no Quite so the normal signs that would trigger a tsunami warning just didn't happen but at the same time some of the seismic equipment toys damaged by the volcano and hadn't been replaced and we believe it well some of the tsunami early warning voice. Had been damaged or stolen which was exactly the case. In Central Sulawesi and things that little is being done or at least a little urgency to think that it's an area there is meant to be a tsunami warning system here in this country which had so much well can a can seismic activity but really it's proven twice in the last 3 months to be awfully ineffective a indeed there were many criticisms where there had been reported damage of some of those warning systems about it had not been fixed Yeah exactly and you know in today's time we're marking 14 years since the Boxing Day tsunami a much bigger disaster but at that time there was a lot of will not just in this country but in countries throughout Southeast Asia and. Ani as well that was spent in order to avoid such a catastrophe happening again and again and yet sorry to interrupt you David Yes it is as you say it has not been a warning that was listening to David thank you David from a.b.c. News Australia. You're listening to World update this is the b.b.c. World Service and our top stories at the moment are these as you've just heard the number of dead in the ins and Asian tsunami has gone up to nearly 300 also a court in Islamabad sentencing the former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to 7 years in jail for corruption and Australia is pressing ahead with stringent new controls on drone operators after last week's disruption at Britain's Gatwick Airport those are the top stories just now why is the us treasury secretary ringing up the banks to tell them everything's absolutely fine here is Steve and he's held a series of telephone conversations with the chief executives of the 6 largest American banks an effort by the trumpet ministration to assuage the fears of business leaders over the economy before market trading resumed on Monday it's a short day in trading Justin Urquhart Stewart joins us co-founder and director of 7 Investment Management and investment fund Justin thanks very much indeed I didn't see this Greetings to you like you yes why is Stephen Lucian saying oh everything's everything's really great a touch of it rather strange because that really should be saying actually don't worry because nothing going wrong here he's causing more stir than really is required the u.s. Economy's doing really well in fact it's probably a sugar rush at the moment it was doing well anyway we because it boosted low prices that fixed the banking system and Joe Schmoe the American consumer is as confident as they've ever been in the past 15 years but then Trump adds some tax tax benefits as well and it's really been growing very fast so what missions trying to do now is to say rates have gone up but actually the interest rates go up a little bit but nonetheless economists still doing well no need to panic but actually by doing this he's probably actually creating more debt this rather getting away with it and this is linked to what we believe is President Trump ambition to replace the chairman of the Fed the Federal Reserve to Rome power. When they're all that long can we do that actually can Donald Trump do that it's very strangest of Alice in Wonderland world here where the president actually tweets that he's not sure that he's got the parts replace him or not he's been very critical of the head of the Fed who's actually been perfectly sensible in raising rates because the economy is doing well and needs bills raise rates because when a slowdown comes and it will come next year or the year after witnessing be terribly dramatic he will need to cut rates it's quite different cut rates as you raise them but from the rather inexperienced at the moment view of the president I'm afraid he's interfering with this and is making comments such as feeling the markets which I'm critical At understand what he's talking about well it's not Christmas it's not holidays everywhere so what happens to trading during this time of year remarkably little and any one moment is actually trying to trade will find it's very illiquid I not much trading going on most people we squared off their positions making sure that actually didn't put any risk themselves if anything happens over the holiday period particularly to King of course because the biggest issue to us as we got to practice and the impact that will have on the value of sterling which has been bouncing around quite significantly and you think about it only a few years ago just before the referendum $150.00 to the dollar and it's been down as low as $120.00 and here we are about $126.00 and it will adjust according to what people how the market perceives whether it's going to be a soft Abraxas hard Rex's or no deal too well if you wanted to take a Scrooge like bar Homburg view of the coming $21000.00 economy you could couldn't you because you've got a government shutdown partial shutdown in the United States what you might say an unpredictable president in the White House and then you have breaks it and that defines unpredictability So how are you looking forward to $29000.00 just and add to that as well with the pair with a verbal agreement we had to further another annoying title quickly and then of course France with its frantic to stage with the vests and of course Germany being the Merkel next year so combination of all those issues would actually give you. Some really rather boring headlines the good news is the global economy is still doing rather well it's growing at over 3 percent and our Some would say that's not strong that's the long term average But equally we're at the end of a very long bull market to toggles going to a lot more volatility to come and I think it's been a really bad year for most investors the equity markets that's mean it's going to be bad next year because a lot that bad news I think is already in the market but time to be fairly circumspect is going to invest if it's a longer term game not a betting game just in Thank You do have a good break and as thanks for helping us understand where we are and the best thing to do with 29000 looming with all of those different factors bearing down on the world economy is to forget about it for a couple of days if you can and think about the holidays whether it's Christmas or something else that takes you away from the work that you do here's a story about Christmas and one of the most famous famous carols silent night celebrating its 200th birthday today 1st performed in Austria at the village of open door near Salzburg Christmas Eve 818 written by a priest Joseph Moore teacher and organist front's Gruber he is Bethany Bell telling us that story. Oh. Silent Night still enough to say it's called engine and he's 200 years old this Christmas. The carol comes from Austria it was written by a priest in the school teacher who lived in Salzburg Palace trailer is organizing the anniversary celebrations the story is that the teacher Bronx other Gruber and Joseph Moore the author of the lyrics became friends yourself more stance offer Gober if he would compose a melody for the lyrics he had written. This is Silent Night chapel in the village of open Dauphine a Salzburg and it's on the site of the place was silent night was 1st sung on Christmas Eve 1818 the original church where Yosef Moore and trance of a group performed Silent Night doesn't exist anymore it was badly damaged by floods in the late 19th century and had to be demolished so a Memorial Chapel was built on its place and you can see the stained glass windows to plant several Kolber and 2 years of more and their 2 Christmas trees and the linen cloth which says she did on a highly again after Silent night holy night. Silent Night was unusual for church music of the time it was written not for the organ but for the guitar which you can still see today in the nearby village of headline this is one of the masterpieces in the collection. Reaching the time in which according to legend the guitar was used because the church organ had broken down damaged by mice that slow yank not the director of the still enough to museum and headline says the mice and the broken organ a probably just a mess we have enough evidence to it's we can say it was intentionally made for Peter. It was with the kids to have more of a friendly in the form and also if you consider you can take a kid to have ever you go and for also the song itself was known Creek on the word. Silent Night quickly spread across Europe and on to the United States it was sung across the trenches cheering the 1st World War and how many people it's simply the carol which means Christmas Oh I think of some best Christmas song ever. So it's a great part of Christmas yes yes that's right a perfect part of Christmas yes and we do you sing it before Christmas not just on Christmas Eve before and look at Christmas Eve Also yes when the Christmas tree is illuminated we sing Silent Night It's familiar we learned it when we were a child and everyone sings it. Ok. Bethany Bell reporting on the side of nights on its 200th anniversary and as you said there's a silent night museum insults why not and has been translated into about 140 languages into English in New York City in the middle of the 19th century Well we hope you have a very great holiday if you have a break coming up I know that some lucky children who grew up in places where Christmas Eve is when you get your presents but are not live in places where Christmas day is when you go to your presents are getting 2 sets I have that from Hungary and friend today so very lucky for them you've been listening to World update from the b.b.c. World Service. The. World. This is Aspen Public Radio broadcasting on k. A.j. X Aspen and k c j x Carbondale. 11 hours g.m.t. Welcome to the newsroom from the b.b.c. World Service and Julio rescuers in Indonesia a race to find survivors from a volcano triggered tsunami that killed nearly 300 people you don't survive quite a long time without it is the rainy season here so there's always the possibility that if someone is trapped that the rain is trickling it's very jailed for 7 years for corruption the former Pakistani prime minister Nava Sharif says the charges against him a politically motivated stock market jitters as Remus well that President Trump may try to fire the head of America's central bank we examine the cioppino relationship between the 2 men and. 0. 200 years off the silent night was 1st performed we look at it's injuring a pale missile coming up on the news when. This is the b.b.c. News Hello I'm Jonathan Izod and anticorruption court in Pakistan has sentenced the former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to 7 years in jail for corruption the National Accountability Court handed down the verdict in a packed hall in Islamabad on a reporter see for Ricky is outside the court the court of found him guilty or for owning s. It always sees the option body of the country had accused No why should he if there he ordered a proper be a steel mill to be precise in the u.a.e. Routine did nor declared in his assets when he submitted those for the election he was a given 7 years in prison and a pretty 5 $1000000.00 fine he will be taken to jail in Bindi we did like her big laundry go from here and he has been in another case a similar case with him of a company based in London officials in Indonesia say the death toll from the tsunami that hit the Sunda Strait region on Saturday has risen to at least $280.00 and of warns the actual figure will be higher the Red Cross says Kathy Mullen is in Palu in Central Sulawesi she said charities had a huge task you look at the area that is impacted by the tsunami and it's basically the entire west coast of Jabba island it's a massive swath of land and it's covered in just 3 their actual last buildings collapsed structures compromised infrastructure that tree has fallen down there are cars that are priced motorcycles that are tossed around like kids' toys there's a lot of debris to clean through what is coming in to some of the areas the area that is impacted is so why it's still going to be a while before every inch of that land is able to. Doctors in Saddam have gone on strike as part of a 6 day of anti-government protest sparked by anger over the rising price of bread and fuel a central a general strike is expected on Tuesday as part of the.