Hello im Maryam Namazie in london has a round up of the top stories on Aljazeera Palestinian christian leaders have rejected the u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital calling it dangerous and an insult to christians and muslims alike the declaration follows weeks of protests across the occupied territories since president trumps announcement at least fifteen Palestinian Protesters have been killed on the abdulhamid has more now from bethlehem. The festive mood has been somehow dampened ever since the jerusalem declaration by chubb some three weeks ago now no archbishop yet but the step is the highest Roman Catholic authority not only in the holy land but also in the middle east has said that after the declaration that has been many cancellation food groups that were supposed to come and spend Christmas Eve at the church of their divinity well have decided to stay away this year business down but almost fifty percent in this city now r. J. Bishop beats up by the homes
Heading towards vietnam thousands of flood low lying areas in the capital hoshi min schools have been closed tembin made landfall in the philippines on friday causing flash floods and landslides and killing more than two hundred people and test reports. The scale of the destruction caused by Tropical Storm tembin is becoming clear as rescue workers reach remote communities heavy rains and winds of up to one hundred forty five kilometers an hour triggered landslides and flash flooding devastating to higher towns and villages on the island of mindanao the countrys second largest tens of thousands of people have been displaced and are spending christmas in emergency shelters. Are are you going to say you know. How. We have hundreds of thousands. With no hope at the moment and im sure that basically. The philippines is battered by around twenty major storms a year and tendin is one of the worst of two thousand and seventeen disaster Officials Say people ignored warnings to get out of coast
Approaches its already caused death and destruction in the philippines where at least two hundred people have been killed heavy rain and strong winds are expected to cause serious damage in vietnam around sixty thousand fishing boats had been ordered not to go to see. If it werent for the type we would have continued our fishing trip for another two or three months but because of the typhoon we had to head back early and. Its been a while since the typhoon hit the region but we have to take serious precautions to protect our lives and properties its not safe out on the open sea at the moment thats why we have to come back to take shelter still as i mentioned storm tambourines left a trail of destruction in the southern philippines thousands of spent christmas in emergency shelters are open bryant has this update from mindanao the worst affected island. Here in the city of hillah again as darkness falls people here as elsewhere in parts of mindanao are assessing the damage from the stor
The turnout is much lower than it was during the first round in october letters are choosing between a former International Football player and the countrys Vice President mohamed el reports in the capital monrovia. Follows and slammed up to bolton more than five thousand polling stations across liberia arriving long before the stations opened the tunnel know when the foster home held in october that had been delayed twice of the being contested in court amid claims of good are glad it is in the false to round Officials Say the reduction of candidates from twenty three just to may have caused the among volt is akin to float for socalled. And. I hope. This morning the qantas is between a full into mush and footballs top dog where wise. Isnt just what the we know would replace africas first female head of state Ellen Johnson sirleaf who came to power after the countrys lost civil war told me years ago im not as they were losing to this this is good. They said im going to win. And now we
A fourth day and posting these videos. The iranian government says people have the right to express their discontent but violence is unacceptable the Iranian State media says some social media sites and messaging apps such as telegram have been blocked to keep the peace. On saturday there were also progovernment rallies our own who take it we cannot predict the time when the protests will come to an end but the protests will shake the people in power who must give priority to peoples demands and needs. To know what im going to find the state of the economy and rising prices sparked the initial protests austerity measures after years of sanctions have led to a twelve percent Unemployment Rate but anger has also shifted to Foreign Policy protesters are critical of the governments support for the Syrian Regime of Bashar Al Assad has bought a lot in lebanon and hamas in the occupied palestinian territory. The iranian government says foreign entities are fomenting violent and deadly clashes