A truck into a Christmas Market crowded with people and indian authorities crack down on nationwide protests against a controversial new citizenship law Police Arrest hundreds of demonstrators at least 3 people have been killed. By brinkerhoff its good to have you with us russias Security Services the f. S. B. Says it has neutralized state gunman who opened fire near its headquarters in central moscow the f. S. B. Also confirming that one of its employees was killed in the attack the Health Ministry says that 5 people were injured Moscow Police have cordoned off the area no motive as yet been established but the shooting took place soon after president Vladimir Putin held his end of the year news conference. Our lets take this story straight to our correspondent emily sure when shes in moscow covering this for us good evening to you emily so do we know any more especially about the motive. For now we dont know any more about the motive the Security Services have said that they are curr
Starts right now. For you to understand the battle in bethel have you first have to understand the significance of this holy city. At christmas time the thoughts of people everywhere go back to the little town of bethlehem or jesus was born. Were glad tidings first were heard. While the shepherds watched their flocks. 2000 years ago the virgin mary and joseph arrived here, there is no room for them in the end so they went to a manger. Right behind me. Where the baby jesus was born. Here in bethlehem. Its the beginning of christianity here in the state of israel. The manger was actually in a cave. Which became a shrine and in the year 330 a. D. , the First Christian Roman Emperor constantine built a church above it. We were invited in for an exclusive look. Hey hello. How are you. Thank you so much for having us. Youre going to show us the church today . Yes the church of nativity. Were gonna walk by the main entrance of the church which goes back six centuries and used to be that big b
And there were a gunman has opened fire outside the moscow headquarters of russias top Security Agency the f. S. B. One person was killed in the shooting and 5 others were wounded if s. B. Says the attacker has now been killed stuff and reports from moscow. The sound of gunfire echoes through the streets of the russian kept. Silent people running to safety and initiating a major security operation by heavily Armed Special forces. According to Russian Media reports a man attacked this building on Lubyanka Square in the center of moscow. Its the home of Russias Federal Security Service the f. S. B. And its communist era we this s. Are the k. G. B. The attackers then we courted me flat to a neighboring building barricading himself inside Security Services then shot him that ambulances were on the scene to help several casualties. There were gunshots so of course i didnt get any closer because i wanted to live i had around the corner and watch from the Emergency Services came a bit later b
The two are meeting at talks hosted by china. And worldver trade war ii compensnsationn have damd ties in recent months. The three countries also seeking to deal with a belligerent north korea. China says it is in the three interest toommon prevent more aggression from pyongyang. Charles joins us from beijing. What is china hoping to get from this meeting and from japan and south korea . Charles well, china, just like the united states, just like japan, just like south korea, did not want to see a nuclear north korea. It has often expressed frustration and anger whenever pyongyang conducted missile tests. Because china is north koreas is tryingng to reach the goal of denuclearization b by way of dialogue. That is why last week at the u. S. Security council, along with russia, china proposed to lift some of the sanctions ,gainst the north korean regime in a way to break the deadlock between pyonongyang and washingtonon. And were hoping that seoul tokyo would support that resolution and
Midnight mass at all to down in paris for the 1st time in over 2 centuries Christmas Services will not be held at a landmark is needed because of renovation work to repair the damage from this years devastating fire. Where the ark thank you so much for your Company Everyone as christians around the world ready for christmas thousands of pilgrims and tourists are celebrating in bethlehem visitors are congregating in a manger square in the center of the west bank town where christians believe jesus was born an annual Midnight Mass is held in the church of the nativities where catholic priests will later preside over Christmas Eve festivities earlier. In the day the head of the Catholic Church in the region travel to bethlehem from jerusalem. The catholic archbishop here but he still pizza bannana set off from jerusalem with his convoy around noon and israeli honor guard accompanied him to bethlehem just under 10 kilometers away. Once a year and just for the sick asian the wall separating