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
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
To crack down on radical groups. Thirty two crew members are missing after an oil tanker collided with a cargo ship in the East China Sea. Optimism in germany chancellor Angela Merkel says shes confident of finding Common Ground during coalition tilt but the social democrats plus. So the point is that entire treasury was rocked. The billions of dollars still to have been stolen by the deposed president of ukraine victoriana cuz it an aljazeera investigation reveals a secret plot by the powerful rich to profit from the proceeds. But first dozens of religious and political groups who are facing government pressure in pakistan are holding a demonstration in pressure our seeking see. Pulled for palestine and the cash miss separatists movement that led by jamaat ud dawa thats the group headed by the two thousand and eight attack suspect hafiz saeed for his son has recently blocked donations to groups named in the u. N. Security Council Sanctions list can go live now to a correspondent there
Hello im Maryam Namazie in london youre watching aljazeera also coming up. Clashes break out in the occupied west bank between Israeli Forces and supporters of jailed palestinian teenager. We report from account for its an account for the internally displaced in syria as government jets continue to hit opposition targets. And this international take giants descend on the vegas strip we check out whats on offer at the Consumer Electronics show. Welcome to the program our top story aljazeera has been given access to an unpublished u. N. Report that quote a cold the extent of Human Rights Violations and documents possible war crimes in yemen the findings presented to the Security Council a sharply critical of Saudi Led Coalition as strikes which of cause the majority of civilian deaths in the war the report also bolsters accusations by the us that iranian weapons have been supplied to who the rebels which breaks a u. N. Embargo the United Arab Emirates is accused of running torture camps
The next sixty minutes. Here on. Panic in hawaii an incoming missile attack alert goes out it was a false alarm and now an investigation is underway. The vatican has held a day for migrants and refugees for more than one hundred years but for the first time the pope will devoted mass to the millions who had driven from their. The tunisian government opens new age to poor families in an attempt to stop the public protests. Not going to school. You know and why the legend of johnny cash lives on in some of americas toughest prisons more than a decade after his death. But first a wise governor has apologized for an accidental message that was sent out warning of an imminent missile strike the white house has said that the warning was a state exercise that this is the moment it was broke us on t. V. The u. S. Pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii a missile named packed on land or sea within minutes this is not a drill and people across the islands received a warning text