Their homes just like joseph and mary had to do before the birth of jesus christ also coming up. Hundreds of christians attend the first Christmas Eve mass in mosul sense islamic extremists were grip driven out almost six months ago theyre hoping Christian Life can thrive again in the city. And kremlin critic alex i know danny has held rallies across russia to back his bid to run in next years election hes considered the strongest potential challenger to president Vladimir Putin but a Court Conviction bars him from running. Plus david and goliath out in nature conservationists in south africa are turning to one of the worlds tiniest creatures in their effort to contain damage caused by one of the biggest. High maya schwager welcome to the program. And we start in the vatican where pope francis has celebrated the traditional Christmas Eve Midnight Mass in the splendor of st peters basilica and remarks earlier the pope compared mary and joseph journey to bethlehem to the mass mass migrat
Youre watching aljazeera live from doha also coming up christmas in parts of the philippines as the country struggles with the aftermath of Tropical Storm tax. In peru a president ial pardon sparks charges of a corrupt political deal. Also this half hour as our special coverage of the holy land continues this hour its jordan and its own going connection to jerusalem. The head of the Roman Catholic church has used his Christmas Eve message to highlight the plight of refugees and migrants around the world speaking during Midnight Mass at st peters basilica in Rome Pope Francis compared refugees to mary and joseph recounting the bible story of how they had to travel from nazareth to bethlehem but found no place to stay the pope stress that faith demanded that foreigners be welcomed everywhere. To safety. So many other footsteps are hidden in the footsteps of joseph and mary we see the tracks of entire families forced to set out in our own day we see the tracks of millions of people who di
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A welcome im peter w. Watching all to see are live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up a bleak christmas in parts of the philippines as the country struggles with the aftermath of two Tropical Storms in quick succession. In peru a president ial pardon sparks charges of a corrupt political deal. A leading opponent of the russian president wants to run against him in next years president ial elections will find out why his name may never get onto the ballot. Our top story the head of the Roman Catholic church has used his Christmas Eve message to highlight the plight of refugees and migrants around the world speaking during Midnight Mass at st peters basilica in Rome Pope Francis compared refugees to mary and joseph recounting the bible story of how they had to travel from nazareth to bethlehem but done no place to stay the pope stressed that faith demanded that foreigners be welcomed everywhere. Would you say pay my dear she has a phone so many other footsteps are hidden i
This is al jazeera. Hello im adrian for the good and this is the news out live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes pope francis urges the faithful to turn the power of fear into the power of charity as he draws attention to the plight of refugees. A bleak christmas in parts of the philippines as the country struggles with the aftermath of two Tropical Storms in quick succession. In peru a president ial pardon sparks charges of a corrupt political deal. And a leading opponent of russias president Vladimir Putin says hes ready to challenge him in next years president ial election. The head of the Roman Catholic church has used his Christmas Eve message to highlight the plight of refugees and migrants around the world speaking during Midnight Mass peters basilica in Rome Pope Francis compared refugees to mary and joseph recounting the biblical story of how the couple had to travel from nazareth the bethlehem but found no place to stay the pope stressed that faith demands that fo