In toronto. To. Journalist tensing lives in that im sorry. Its 6 30 in the morning and shes making her daily visit to the dalai lamas temple complex. On the way people spin these prayer wheels they believe that this ritual will bring good luck tensing is praying for the dalai lama right now. Thats the only attitude the tibetans even though its a very Small Community here we have to manage to create our own little mini exhibit here into the most residences and the temple is just up there so we took one hole down at the tibetans turn to that Early Morning and also if the evening that this is really important part of activity. Tensing works hard to preserve tibets cultural heritage. And. Later that morning she arrives in the newsroom of the voice of tibet Radio Station where shes the editor in chief the station provides its listeners with content toms life in tibet and in the Exile Community to band has been part of the peoples republic of china since 1951 so the region covers about 12 pe
Escudero thought she had 100. 00 euros but it turned out the journalists had the facts slightly wrong well have the full story for. Our next bicester thanks for joining us thousands of christian pilgrims and tourists are gathering in the west bank city of bethlehem to Mark Christmas bethlehem is regarded by christians as the birthplace of jesus and each year a Midnight Mass is held in the church of the nativity senior officials from the Catholic Church will preside over the Christmas Eve festivities palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas is also expected to attend. And for more on that were joined now by a journalist call in jerusalem sami can you walk us through whats going to be happening today. Yes well thats been a nice sunny day here in jerusalem thats in the house. Today they are good bits of pizza. From a convoy of the old city of jerusalem the tradition the convoy to see him of course through the military here checkpoint. Over there he was received by think its the congregations o
Allie rasmus, sara zendehnam, as mike and sal are enjoying a bit of time away. White christmas for folks up in the tahoe area. Absolutely beautiful. Yeah. And maybe even on some of the peaks here in the bay area. Hamilton and diablo. Cold enough and we are going to check in with rosemary in a second to find out. A lot of people counting down to christmas. For many people every gift, every family gathering, every meal documented on social media. However, a new survey shows many people would like to take a big old break from their phones. I am one of those people. According to a poll of 2000 parents, 80 said they would be willing to go on a digital detox. And 85 of parents admitted they needed to change their habits and would like to be present when they are with their family during the holidays. More than half of the people polled admitted they checked social media more frequently during the holidays and nearly half say they have had their holiday ruined because of social media. Sad. Do
Voiceover live from our studios in singapre and london. Voiceover live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, midnight in london and ham in the morning in eastern australia, where fire crews are assessing the damage from the weekends bushfires. The weather has cooled down a little, but the political debate is raging on. The Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, returned home from holiday having been heavily criticised for going away with his family to hawaii. Shaimaa khalil has the story. It feels like a deserted war zone, but this is the aftermath of the catastrophic bushfires that have ravaged New South Wales. And in the village of balmoral, the devastation is everywhere. Russell scholes has been a volunteer firefighter for six years. He was out with his team trying to control the blaze in the village when his own house was burned to the ground. So many of the brigade are tired. Thats the mental side of it when you
Voiceover live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and noon in eastern australia, where fire crews are assessing the damage from the weekends bushfires. The weather has cooled down a little, but the political debate is raging on. The Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, returned home from holiday after being heavily criticised for going away with his family to hawaii. Shaimaa khalil has the story. It feels like a deserted war zone, but this is the aftermath of the catastrophic bushfires that have ravaged New South Wales. And in the village of balmoral, the devastation is everywhere. Russell scholes has been a volunteer firefighter for six years. He was out with his team trying to control the blaze in the village when his own house was burned to the ground. So many of the brigade are tired. Thats the mental side of it when youre continually battling something you cant beat. The Prime Minister Scott M