As we go to wear, lets bring you some breaking news, there has been an explosion that has hit an area of kabul, near the location of afg hanistans Central Intelligence agency. There has been no word on the cause of the blast which occurred close to the entrance of the National Security complex. An explosion in couple and we will bring you more as we get it in kabul. Pope francis has urged the worlds roman catholics not to ignore the plight of migrants who have been forced to flee because of violence. At Christmas Eve mass in saint peters basilica, the pontiff drew comparisons with the biblical story of mary and joseph, who found no place to stay in bethlehem when mary was about to give birth tojesus. Pope francis said respect for migrants was an integral part of christianity. Virginia langeberg reports. In vatican city, the faithful began gathering long before midnight in st peters square. Beneath a giant christmas tree, a scene to reflect the birth of jesus, while inside the basilica
Caroline davies reports. Theyre part of our community, theyre here every day, and i think some places would maybe just shun them away, but for us, they are an important part of the community, theyre here, we have to engage, we have to look after them and make sure that theyre safe. Local charities invited 200 guests to enjoy some festive music and a four course meal a meal which was only possible thanks to the donations from 45 different businesses and groups. Jed has been squatting since he was 18. Its unique, like, theyve got this space on Christmas Day. Its quite interesting to see somewhere like this on Christmas Day and see it put to some good use. Jesse now squats, too, but spent many years living in a tent, moving around the uk. You know, its a nice, relaxing environment, it takes us out of the usual chaos of our lives, you know. As well as leaving well fed, guests were also given sleeping bags and thermal clothes to help them endure the winter cold. For these guests, for now, s
Stansted airport. It is open but keep checking because there are delays. That is the message. Some excitement and also problems with the snow earlier today but it was very much a short lived feature. Tonight and tomorrow morning, the biggest hazard will be the ice, which will be in some areas quite extensive which will be in some areas quite exte ns ive a cross which will be in some areas quite extensive across the southern half of the uk, especially where you have the snow earlier on. That will melt during the day and then refreeze first thing thursday morning. A lot of clear weather around the night, just a few wintry showers in the north. Some freezing fog across parts of Northern Ireland forecast early on thursday. These are the temperatures in towns and cities in rural spots where we have some snow lying around it could be even lower than 10. In scotland. Here is tomorrow, a beautiful, clear, sunny day for many of us, a cold one too, someone day for many of us, a cold one too, som
Have begun to evacuate dozens of critically ill patients from a rebel held suburb near damascus. Last week, International Aid agencies made an appeal to president assad to allow the evacuation of seven children with cancer. The first of the patients were taken out of Eastern Ghouta overnight by the red cross and the syrian arab red crescent. More patients should be evacuated in the coming days as part of a deal between the government and rebels. But hundreds more are in need of treatment. The medical situation for People Living in Eastern Ghouta is desperate after four years under siege. Martin patience reports from beirut. Seven year old imjy is preparing for a shortjourney, and it will almost certainly end up saving her life. She is suffering from haemophilia, but last night she was among four critically ill patients to be evacuated to damascus for life saving treatment. This is what shes leaving behind. Eastern ghouta is one of the last remaining rebel strongholds, fighting the gove
Now on bbc news, its time for a programme to mark the 20th anniversary of bbc hardtalk. Welcome to my look back at the best of hardtalk, 2017. So many personalities, so much passion, and more than a little anger. There is a lot of pain in america, and donald trump addressed that pain. He said im going to be a different type of republican. Ihearyour pain. The only trouble was donald trump lied. I work inside the white house, and i will tell you, there is no crisis, we are creating the results expected of us and which got the president elected. He can build as many walls as he wants. But what he will never ever achieve, is mexico paying for the wall. We do not want to have islam claiming political power in our country. They are preaching against our values, our constitution, our people, our culture. The worst thing that could happen in terms of the north korea is to move into a kind of escalation and then all of a sudden we are sleep walking into war. It is the entitlement of too many me