Security sources say a stolen vehicle was rigged with up to 60 kilograms of explosives and remotely detonated. Leaving behind this crater in the middle of the street. There was lots of dust. That is when we knew the bomb had gone off. It struck its target. Later. Operation his convoy was hit by the deadly blast. Minister, hence was an outspoken critic of the Syrian Regime and its ally has a lot and a close aide to former Prime Minister alhadidi. Deeplymes in a country divided over the war in neighboring syria. Is targetingiller the heroes of lebanon from 2004. Him, fourteen other loyalists have hinted at the involvement. Denoh have announced unced the attack saying this is one of several blows aimed at devastating the country. This begins a trial of four hezbollah suspects over the 2005 assassination of the former Prime Minister. Registers in turkey have taken to the streets of ankara and istanbul demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister. He remains defiant in the face of a highlevel quote corruption investigation. An avalanche of bad news for the Prime Minister today. The biggest that ms. The fact that the council of regulationk down a that the government imposed last week which had the effect of impeding the corruption investigation. Secondly there have been master cityruations in the tonight. The stumble there have been demonstrations in the city tonight. Municipal workers were seen closing down the street Security Camera in the square where the demonstration was. Cameras have recorded excesses by the police and the protesters. A third point is that todays three resignations, a total of themps have resigned in past 10 days accusing the government of interfering in the judicial process. One of the mps said prosecutors should serve the state, not a political party. Summons issued for the Prime Ministers son two d ays ago. Photographs appeared on two front pages of newspapers and it was mentioned in many other newspapers. Neither the government or the prosecutor have denied its neither havecreate commented on it. Tell us more about the court case. The court rejected a move that could have limited the invest fraud andto corruption. What is the significance of that . After the scandal broke on tuesday last week the government passed a decree stating that in future, Senior Police officers and prosecutors must tell their superiors who they are thattigating and what for. In effect meant that they must pass up the line to the government. The political hierarchy what they are doing. The Bar Association condemned this and filed the suit with the council of state against it. They wear were supported by judgesreme council of and prosecutors. It Supreme Council said finally did the separation of power. This was called the crime. The council of state annulled the checks shows and balances do work and can be applied against the party in power. Thank you. Between flared up Security Forces in the Muslim Brotherhood. Hese protestors defied authorities. These supporters say they will keep taking to the streets and. Ive support we have come out and we are not afraid. They said anyone who protests will get jail. I do not belong to any group. Express my out to point of view. Correctly army and police fired birdshot and gas. Arresting over 100. Here, hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters threw rocks over the closed gates at police who fired tear gas into the facility. A student was killed in the clashes. A referendum in midjanuary over the new constitution. What is the brotherhoods strategy here . It looks faq going to the streets even though they have been banned. Of challenge. T they decided not to take into consideration the decision of the government to consider them as a terrorist organization. And take to the streets his latest ask for statement. They also change a little bit of the strategy. They are doing a lot of small demonstrations. They do not last long. Togives them the chance avoid the police before they come and do new demonstrations. The problem now is it is not only the police that is chasing them but part of the egyptian againstafter the the muslim rebels. We have seen in many cities attacks against shops or parties even organizations. The crackdown is more severe than i has been under any other regime. Can the movement survive this . The problem they have today, will they continue to go the way but chose, political way, there are voices saying we concentrate on social work and religious items and not anymore on politics because it will destroy us. Probably the brotherhood will continue. Part of it will go under become more violent. They will continue but on the other hand, there is an opinion said 70 do not want them back into politics anymore. Cairo. From thank you. The government of south sudan said it is ready for a cease fire after beating back rebels in the strategic town. They threw their weight behind the president and gave his rival for days to come to the negotiating table. Leader is given an ultimatum. And friday,g Eastern Africa and later said it he did not agree to a truce they would consider taking further action against him, throwing their weight behind the president of south sudan. We want an immediate cessation of hostilities and other parties to make similar commitments. If hostilities do not cease within four days, the summit will consider taking further measures. His former Vice President attempted a coup against him on december 15, he said. A coup which he says sparked unrest and divided the population along ethnic lines. Tribal forces took the strategic town last week leading to thousands of refugees seeking sanctuary. The government truc troops retok it. Reach a fullld blown civil war. It is not clear that he will accept the truce. He said he was open to talks that his under the condition that his political allies are free. Say whether heo will respect the talks. Juba released to politicians part of the 11 he wanted to see afraid. It seems the government is willing to negotiate now that it feels it has the upper hand. Buthe government is willing it is willing to do so unconditionally. They are committed to a cease fire but beyond that they have not indicated whether he will and soon. Efforts l [indiscernible] it seems there is a lot of optimism now that the two parties are going to reach a political settlement. Two detainees were released. The government is still saying it is not able to negotiate without conditions. Leaders gave an ultimatum to sit down and talk. ,s there any idea what happens what those leaders will do it filter medium is not respected . That is yet to come out. Clear is south sudan is saying troops are claiming they are in control. The rebels are down to one state. Where 45,000 barrels of oil is the government says it will mount an offensive. Liberated it are will be unclear as to what the terms of the talks will be. The rebels will be flushed out. Mountingn has been pressure on south sudan. What happens affect all other countries. It seems the government is committing itself to a cease fire. Thank you very much. French troops deployed in several neighborhoods to stem the violence in the capital of the Central African republic. Two congolese policeman were 11led during a gun battle. Peacekeepers have been killed. One civilian was killed on friday morning as soldiers used grenades. Antisyrian figure assassinated in lebanon. Killed along with five other people in a massive bomb blast in the beirut city center. Is government said it ready for a ceasefire. Government protesters taking to the streets in turkey calling for a resignation. Makers of the ruling party step down. Lets go to media watch. Been trending today . Showing study released, 12 of french people will go without alcohol. Not a lot of surprised being expressed on that. Several figures are quite interesting. One into our planning to have three glasses of wine and a. 3 plan to have more than eight drinks. Most of them are working in this office. They plan to have more than eight. Conducteddy was trying to assure people to not drink and drive. The volumes of people drinking is staggering. 2013 wasary said disturbing and it is normal to i gnore it. T of french champagne have been down. A big part of that problem is because britain is losing its taste for bubbly. The biggest export market is the the financially troubling times, gaining in cheaperty is other alternatives. Another boost is the chinese, hoping this is a big boost for the because government has restricted champagne sales. Cannot manufacture a sparkling white wine and college champagne. They have to by the french stuff. Who else is celebrating . Tattoo artists are also celebrating. This is a story that came out over christmas. The association are so braiding a recent decision not to ban colored ink. There was some brouhaha earlier in the air. The French National agency for safety and health had recommended the french government ban 59 products which are used. Products that are used in the creation of colored ink. They said there was a risk that people could be allergic then and there could be a risk of infection or cancer. You do not seem convinced. The tattoo artists have not been convinced. 90 are done in colored ink. They have been campaigning vociferously and said today it is official. Colored tattoos are saved. Not much of a good news story for this young man here in the papers today. He went to get a tattoo done were shocked. Young man is among others. Lines are straight. Artist becauseew that one clearly cannot spell. One of the biggest losers today is mcdonalds. They have had to ditch their internal corporate website. Downwere forced to close and they are siding [inaudible] somethingpublished silly and everything online has found out about it. What they have done is they have advised people on Healthy Eating and advised the staff on what to eat and what not to eat and the unhealthy choice appears to be the products they are selling. They are encouraging their own employees not to have french fries or coca cola. Eat salads and drink water instead. This was not their finest hour. Advising not to eat their own products. This is something that is getting tweets online. People saying this is another blunder. Lets not forget they were suggesting a tipping etiquette for staff. Pay 20 for the pool boy and a days wages is a good nanny. R the tammy i unsurprising it has been shut down. In whatinterested people are drinking. Thanks for watching. Were back in eight minutes with more world news. And then straight tocking the statue. I invited the chairman and i would like to invite him to my house. 120, two soldiers will lay it in place. Not ask howd much they cost. Homageraveled to pay to the late leader. The opportunity to make a wish. I wish for our motherland to be prosperous. Come here. Ty has the town has a massive red tou rism industry. Everything here is dedicated to mao. 120th anniversary they spent over 200 Million Euros mainly on infrastructure. An influential local businessman is proud of it. Speed rail line and the station will be brought here. This has been underway for three years. As part of the celebrations. Like many locals he deals in objects commemorating the late leader. First are his main market. But not the only one. That statue is 4. 8 meters high. It was ordered by the army. It cost around 35,000 euros. For a fee he will even carry out a ceremony in honor of mao. He is a canny businessman but says he still is a maoist. An entirelyt separate task. There is no commercial site at all. Are dealinghants with the antiextravagance campaign. The president has demanded a sober anniversary. In the hall it is maos frugal side that is being highlighted. This is his favorite dressing down. It is the best material to teach anticorruption. Party members and all members of the public area this argument regular resonates with a population critical of any quality. The millions of deaths ascribed to chairman mao are rarely mentioned. His actions with . nmwcccccc 12 27 13 12 27 13 [captioning made possible by democracy now ] from pacifica, this is democracy now i wish that peace prevails in iraq and i hope this christmas will be a time for peace for the muslims and christians alike. I wish for better situation for iraq. Is a Christmas DayChurch Bombing kills dozens of iraq is, we look at how 2013 has become the deadliest year in iraq for sibley and since the height of the iraq war under president bush