Consumerism as christians around the world celebrate christmas. India Prime Minister modi arrived in the city for a surprise visit and will meet with his counterpart and its the first visit by an indian Prime Minister to pakistan since 2004. Kamal joins us with more and clearly since it has been since 2004 obviously its a big deal but this is some sort of perspective for us. Reporter yes. Before i do that there is a correction with conflicting reports that it already landed but we are now told the aircraft is due to land shortly but going into the background there are significance because when mr. Modi came to power he had the right wing with the india there were also reports of increasing tensions along the border. And relations to an alltime low. However on the outside of the conference modi and they shook hands and talked a while and it broke the ice and the Prime Minister came to pakistan and now mr. Modi and the way back from kabul said he would be landing at the airport where he
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Pope francis urging reconciliation during his annual christmas address. This is not a ride for the feint hearty with you but theres still some life left in these cable cars. The indian Prime Minister has arrived in pakistans city of lahore on what is a surprise visit. His counterpart met him at the airport before the two leaders held talks. It is the first visit by an indian Prime Minister in pakistan in more than 10 years. We have two correspondents covering this story, in islamabad and new delhi. This i spees boils down to building trust. How did they manage to get this far . First of all, you have to understand the background. For years, the two sides have been accusing each other particularly after that deadly attack in 2008 in mumbai brought the two countries to the verge of conflict, to sheen there was accusations hurled by india and pakistan against each other of massive violations, ceasefire violations along the line of control. When modi came into power, relations thawed, but
Praying for peace at the wall that divides israelis and palestinians. Pope franciss visit gets political. Petero poroshenko says he is the next president of ukraine, and is hoping to bring peace to the russian separatists. Exit polls after sundays election suggests that the bill job air won 66 billionaire won 66 of the vote. Reporter the screen at the headquarters send a message exit polls giving him well over 50 . These are not official figures, but they suggest strongly that the billionaire may be poised to win the election outright. Translation you see that all exit polls without exception were held by credible polling organizations in the country and the world, and show that the election is over after the first round, and the country has a new president. Reporter rarely have ukrainians gone to the polls without enthusiasm. In the capital long queues formed as people waited to cast their votes. For many, this is an important election. This will be a big step to stablilize the situat
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