What about. This is indeed a. Rescue teams race to find survivors all the indonesian tsunami the official death toll has topped Three Hundred Seventy and survivors all forced to move to Higher Ground each. The tsunami is still erupting and theyre off is safe and also on the program. Turkeys saying its military reinforcements to the Syrian Border this as the u. S. Does its troops to withdraw from syria now could groups in the region via turkey
could be preparing a fresh offensive against the. U. S. In the season off giving the own all to washington d. C. Restaurant charitable. Im Christine Wendell welcome to the program. Authours hes in indonesia say continuing eruptions at b. And that Crocodile Volcano could cause another tsunami like the one that hit without warning over the weekend people have been warned to avoid parts of the coastline of the Three Hundred Seventy people lost their lives when a huge wave swept the coastlines of sumatra and java on Saturday Night destroyed hundreds of homes and buildings nearly One Hundred Thirty people remain unaccounted for and more than a thousand have been injured. In. A childs cry
a little boy rescued the giant wave left him buried in rubble for twelve hours. On the western tip of java and in many communities like his on the Smart Trends Side of the Sunda Strait The Search for survivors continues. As does the recovery of the dead. Hundreds of people lost their lives on Saturday Night most would have scarcely known what hit them. They said youre going to see all of a sudden the wave came. I was here it was afterwards i ran over there to a crowd of people who were holding a celebration. A motorbike even got swept over there. By the mother to the to the i came back here at two am to try and get my bike. But i couldnt because it was buried under the debris. Of the week. This
is the second deadly tsunami to strike indonesia this year people are asking why the countrys tsunami Early Warning system failed why coastal areas werent evacuated indonesias president Djoko Would Dodo had no answers given that. Ive ordered an inspection of all the Tsunami Detection Equipment and the replacement of broken ones. So what i think. In the new budget i will order the replacement of old or broken equipment that can no longer be used but is about. Tsunamis a usually triggered by earthquakes experts say this one seems to have been caused by the eruption of the Ana Krakatoa Volcano In The Sun Distrait just fifty kilometers away from the coast of java even properly functioning systems wouldnt have worked the giant wave came out of the Night Snatching so many lives. All right. Found in hole is our correspondent in Pentagon Indonesia and hes joining us now from there hi calls so you have been driving through the area what have you seen. Well or although its already two days since tsunami struck the coastal area here and in so much. Still quite a lot going on its getting a little bit more quiet right now because its midnight people have to rest the rescuers Police Security forces doctors and so long they have to they need to need time to for themselves now as well but as we were driving through your indeed the whole time like in every couple of minutes we saw ambulances bringing. Deceased people as well as people to hospitals and so on so the Rescue Operations are are still in full operation here and it will take some time more. All right and
which areas have been the worst hit call. As far as we are informed here right now. This side has been worse most of the highest number of casualties has been accounted for and. Theres not as many apparently but information from there is not coming ask you clee because the obvious side this is where. The capital of indonesia is so here everything is going a little bit foster its. Quite a high number already of casualties and we hope it doesnt race much more ok so but people have an auspicious day away from the shoreline how big is the danger of a new tsunami. That krakatau has erupted its a four Hundred Metre High full kanal which is actually not so big. Of course did
eruption and might have caused a tsunami but in direct its most probably yes geologists here told us being caused by a landslide which has been caused by the eruption so. Such a landslide can happen again actually at any time so people have to be very aware of that. Call what has the government of indonesia been communicating to people. Well actually yes because because of the of the eminent danger that this landslide such a landslide can happen again and cause a tsunami again at any given moment actually the government has asked the people or told to people to stay away from the coast a cliff on the coast and of course during the day it was much going on there because people are still looking for victims but as far as possible the people have to stay away from the course thats actually the main the main thing what the
government is asking from the people here in the west. All right that Steve Call Fundin hole reporting for us in indonesia thank you. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world Israeli Coalition leaders have agreed to hold an early general election in april instead of next november local media are reporting a fall out within Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is right Wing Government Coalition parties are divided over a new law extending the Military Draft to ultraorthodox jews. A court in pakistan has sentenced former Prime Minister nawaz sharif to seven years in prison for corruption thats on top of the ten year sentence on some of the charges he faced in july shareef denies any wrongdoing and says the charges are politically motivated as. The United Arab Emirates has released pictures of the Prime Ministers daughter who friends say disappeared months ago the photos show
prince is shaken latifa with you and Human Rights Commission on barry robson the former un Human Rights Commissioner what is it to be in her family home friends say she disappeared after trying to flee the emirates and was forcibly returned earlier this year. Archaeologists in italy have uncovered a picture of five holes with harness and settle in the ruins of Ancient Pompei the remains of the horses were also discovered in what appears to have been the stables of Roman General Pompei was buried in volcanic ash in seventy nine. An eruption of nearby mt vesuvius. The u. S. Military says President Donald Trump has now signed the order to pull all american troops out of syria trump maintains the withdrawal will be quote highly coordinated and he says is turkish counterpart rich a type one has assured him that turkey will eradicate all remaining fighters of the
socalled Islamic State in syria. Turkish forces are massing on both sides of the Syrian Border the question is who will they go after and when turkey has long wanted to crush the kurdish y p g militia in syria which it sees as part of a Terrorist Alliance threatening its territorial integrity the why p. G. However has been a key ally of the United States and the International Coalition in the fight against the socalled Islamic State but turkey now says it will take over the fight against i. A. S. Militants. U. S. President donald trump talked to his turkish counterpart yesterday and tweeted the president at a one would rather kate whatever is left of isis in syria. The u. S. Withdrawal will not be able seen by jim mattis since he was sworn in early last year the u. S. Secretary of defense has earned the respect of allies around the world as a reliable partner his team often reassured the kurdish fighters in syria but then
mattis resigned in response to trumps abrupt troop withdrawal announcement issuing a clear rebuke of the president those same allies have been left stunned on a visit to chad french president a man who in my column was pretty clear about what he thought. Before him all of this i do play regret the decision taken on syria and i would like to pay tribute here to General Mattis and to the words that accompanied his decision. So this is you dont go in there you and i lie should be reliable and coordinate with other allies General Mattis understood this perfectly. Mattis will be replaced by his Deputy Patrick shanahan as Acting Defense SecretaryOn January The First Trump only brought shanahan into the Defense Department last year hes an engineer who spent most of his career at boeing a major supplier to u. S. Forces he has no background in politics diplomacy or military affairs. Pilgrims all gathering for christmas celebrations in the west bank City Of Bethlehem which is traditionally considered the birthplace of jesus thousands of locals and visitors are taking part in a parade and lining up to view the place where jesus is believed to have been born festivities will continue into the night when the catholic Patriarch Of Jerusalem will lead Midnight Mass in the Church Off Nativities before leading the Traditional Christmas Procession from jerusalem to bethany him he appealed for hopes in difficult times these most recent very christmas it was a great peace joy and hope that our very far from from us sometimes you are very you see displays so. Her Third Division is still prevails sometimes but we as christians we are committed to work for peace and always everywhere without let the frustration to overcome our feelings with the Christmas Holidays upon us many people are reminded of the virtues of giving but for one Restaurant Owner in
the u. S. Capital washington d. C. There is no off season for generosity. Paid him a visit. Its the season of giving for kasi manana this means going into overdrive because he is an immigrant from pakistan who now owns a small but successful restaurant in Downtown Washington d. C. All of these scarves and warm clothes that he purchased are about to be given away. This is an annual gathering at Franklin Square park in downtown d. C. Various charities and churches will give away food and goods to people in need just before christmas because he has been coming here for the past four years and has built up a Small Network of Homeless People who know him. You know its a its a joy anything that you can make another person happy is a christmas time is a beautiful you know time of year and the people that are in the street you know if we come out as a community we show our love there you see everybody smile and if youre going to
put a smile on other peoples place this is a big blast just to me is the most joyous i will take a moment and i always cry and have Tears In My Eyes sharing my love and ive seen people smile this is causes restaurant called sakina grill it serves free meals to Homeless People all day every day even when its not christmas homelessness is endemic in washington d. C. Some estimates put the number of people who have to sleep on the streets above Eleven Thousand cars a man on himself said he wants faced a similar situation living in extreme poverty and now that hes a successful Business Owner he wants to give back. Sakina grill now has many regular non paying customers besides the benefit of freshly made food one man told us it simply helps him feel accepted. And makes you feel. Like normal
start again. Like you used. To do not pay it like everyone else so you can make you feel privileged few. His generosity started from day one when he opened the restaurant seeing Homeless People digging through trash cans purpose heart and he resolved to do something about it but i promise if i ever had a restaurant i will have this philosophy to open my heart to the people who need it and both say how are you going to survive and everybody like you will fail because this is this is you know i have running a charity youre running a Profit Business so you will see that i have created god who created me the love in his creation we create a woman and where of love. Benefit me and by the benefit of that its been four years sakina grill is still operational and has given out more than Eighty Thousand meals a good reminder that need knows no season. It watching t. V