A bleak christmas in parts of the philippines as the country struggles with the aftermath of two Tropical Storms in quick succession. Watching aljazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up pope francis is the faithful to turn the power of fear into the power of charity as he draws attention to the plight of refugees. In peru a president ial pardon sparks charges of a corrupt political deal. And is part of our special day of coverage of the holy land we look at jerusalem and why the city lies at the heart of three faiths. After leaving a trail of devastation across the southern philippines Tropical Storm tembin is heading towards vietnam thousands of flood low lying areas where the capital city has closed schools. Made landfall in the philippines on friday causing flash flooding and landslides and it killed more than two hundred people in reports. This scale of the destruction caused by Tropical Storm tembin is becoming clear as rescue workers reach remote communities
Christmas message germanys present urges germans to not lose hope in times of uncertainty as the country continues to struggle to form a new government punggol to steinmeyer expressed confidence that political leaders can end the deadlock over a new coalition and is this the most expensive plastic Christmas Tree in the world all some people in serbia certainly seem to think so we find out how its branched out into a full blown political controversy. Thank you very much for your company christians around the world are celebrating christmas and as this custom pope francis has given that or be blessing from the balcony of the basilica overlooking st Peters Square its one of the most sacred addresses in the catholic calender. But then these. Days. Its free. Some ten thousand catholics and to risk of that outside st peters to hear the popes traditional blessing be at or be means to the city and the world and the pope also had a worldly matter on his mind in his address francis repeated call
You p. Are you awake yet . Everybodys getting into the sound of the season. Yeah, yeah my back stage adventure on this december 25th. It is Christmas Morning, everybody, in america and other countries. And everywhere. From abc news, this is world news now. Oh, my gosh. It is Christmas Morning. Erielle reshef is here with us. Good to be here, Merry Christmas. Merry christmas, happy holidays. The fire is set. Weve got the yule log behind us. Is it pretty warm back there . I can feel it. We have carefully been watching norad, watching santas progression. A lot of people are up at this hour wrapping presents, which is great. Were going to start with the dangerous conditions. Two storms are merging bringing snow and ice to the northeast and mid atlantic and but Winter Weather is impacting travel in the midwest. Central illinois will be seeing its first White Christmas in seven years. That snow is going to stick around because of bitter cold temperatures in the midwest today. In madison, wis
Cash in. My backstage adventure on this december 25th. It is Christmas Morning, everybody, in america and other countries. And everywhere. From abc news, this is world news now. Oh, my gosh. It is Christmas Morning. Erielle reshef is here with us. Good to be here, Merry Christmas. Merry christmas, happy holidays. The fire is set. Weve got the yule log behind us. Is it pretty warm back there . I can feel it. We have carefully been watching norad, watching santas progression. A lot of people are up at this hour wrapping presents, which is great. Were going to start with the dangerous conditions. Facing millions of americans this morning. Two storms are merging bringing snow and ice to the northeast and mid atlantic and rain to the south. But Winter Weather is impacting travel in the midwest. Central illinois will be seeing its first White Christmas in seven years. That snow is going to stick around because of bitter cold temperatures in the midwest today. Wind chill in madison, wisconsin
Of all that is vowing to appeal the decision also in moscow a bus crashes into a subway underpass killing at least four people several others have been injured and police are now questioning the driver or in the russian capital for the latest and. Pope francis delivers his Christmas Day blessing in his message he called for israelis and palestinians to come together and resume talks aimed at a two state solution as the path to peace in the holy land. Im well rockets a pleasure to have you with us. Kremlin critic alexina volley is urging russians to boycott next years president ial vote to all this comes as the countrys Election Commission has decided to bar no volley from running against vladimir putin. Of all these president ial bid was unanimously rejected by a vote of twelve to zero the Commission Says his conviction in a fraud case widely seen as retribution for his Anti Corruption campaigning makes him ineligible while the volley says millions of russians were being excluded from