A shadow over the holy land on Christmas Eve the u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital c. Heightened tensions in the region. And the u. S. Plans to supply antitank missiles to ukraine to provide it with quote and hence defensive capabilities russia says the move though is fueling a war. Also coming up to help us all have a merry Little Christmas twenty eight thousand fans throng to a neon verlyn soccer stadium to sing carols and what has become an annual holiday tradition. And welcome to the program some two hundred people are dead in the philippines after a Tropical Storm brought devastation to the south of the country rescue operations are underway to find dozens who remain missing tembin is the second deadly storm to hit the country this week it swept over the island of mindanao leaving destruction and its wake. Tropical storms rarely hit mindanao in the south of the philippines ten being proved a brutal and deadly exception. The heavy rains caused massive floodin
Christmas eve the u. S. Decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital sees heightened tensions in the region. Plus father christmas may be on his way but where is he from d. W. Goes in search of santa claus and you might be surprised about where we found him. Im at a cost and welcome to the program some two hundred people are dead in the philippines after a Tropical Storm brought devastation to the south of the country rescue operations are underway to find dozens who remain missing tembin is the second deadly storm to hit the country this week it swept over the island of mindanao leaving destruction in its wake. Tropical storms rarely hit mindanao in the south of the philippines. Ten being proved a brutal and deadly exception. The heavy rains caused massive flooding and numerous landslides oh and tire villages were swept away. Washed up the like they used to be one hundred three houses here but when the flash flood happened everything was washed out all their homes and livelihood
Critic aleck son of ani 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 versus goliath in the Natural World 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. Im maya schwager welcome to the program. We start in the vatican where pope francis is leading Christmas Eve mass thousands of roman catholics morale in the world have gathered in st peters basilica for the traditional late Evening Service it teleports their belief in the birth of jesus christ over two thousand years ago. And this version christians to find a quiet moment to reflect on the meaning of christmas. And christmas celebrations are also underway in the west bank city of bethlehem but among heightened tensions this years festivities come at a time of simmering ange
Also coming up. Hundreds of christians attend the first Christmas Eve mass in mosul sent islamic extremists word grif 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 my actuator 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 migration being seen in the world today pope francis told the faithful that the birth of j
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