This is al jazeera. Hello im adrian for the good and this is the news out live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes pope francis urges the faithful to turn the power of fear into the power of charity as he draws attention to the plight of refugees. 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. And a leading opponent of russias president Vladimir Putin says hes ready to challenge him in next years president ial election. 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 peters basilica in Rome Pope Francis compared refugees to mary and joseph recounting the biblical story of how the couple had to travel from nazareth the bethlehem but found no place to stay the pope stressed that faith demands that fo
Heading towards vietnam thousands of flood low lying areas in the capital hoshi min schools have been closed tembin made landfall in the philippines on friday causing flash floods and landslides and killing more than two hundred people and test reports. The scale of the destruction caused by Tropical Storm tembin is becoming clear as rescue workers reach remote communities heavy rains and winds of up to one hundred forty five kilometers an hour triggered landslides and flash flooding devastating to higher towns and villages on the island of mindanao the countrys second largest tens of thousands of people have been displaced and are spending christmas in emergency shelters. Are are you going to say you know. How. We have hundreds of thousands. With no hope at the moment and im sure that basically. The philippines is battered by around twenty major storms a year and tendin is one of the worst of two thousand and seventeen disaster Officials Say people ignored warnings to get out of coast
Hello im adrian forgetting this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes at the vatican on Christmas Day a warning about the wins of war a call for a new commitment to the pole. 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. As 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. That of the Roman Catholic church has used his Christmas Day message to highlight the plight of refugees and of children caught up in war pope francis said that their suffering is reflected in their faces talking about winds of war he mentioned conflicts in the middle east africa and tension on the Korean Peninsula to highlight dangers facing the world. So. Today as the winds of war blowing in our world and an outdated model of Development Continues to
Zero live from london coming up. Non braces for Tropical Storm tembin after it cuts a destructive path across the southern philippines two hundred people are known to have died. Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny calls for voters to boycott next years president ial election after hes banned from taking part. And suspends all Emirates Airlines flights after several tunisian women a barred from entry to the u. A. E. But a Roman Catholic church has used his traditional Christmas Day message to call for peace for jerusalem and dialogue between israelis and palestinians its the second time pope francis has spoken out since u. S. President donald trump formally announced his government would recognize jerusalem as israels capital speaking to square the pontiff acknowledged the growing tensions in the region and called for a negotiated solution to end the Israeli Palestinian conflict. If. We see jesus in the children of the middle east who continue to suffer because of growing tensions
Aljazeera headquarters in doha for the back to go welcome to the news great prayed for peaceful coexistence pope francis uses his traditional Christmas Day message to call for a negotiated two state solution to end these really Palestinian Conflicts tensions in the region have been high since u. S. President donald trump recognized them as israels capital will the popes message help ease them well have a live report from roll. On the grid a diplomatic spat over the skies to spend slice by emirates. A public outcry over security measures in the u. A. E. Targeting tunisian women several of them say they were prevented from flying to the gulf country and more Rights Groups say it is discriminatory explore where this leaves relations between the two countries and anger and protests in peru after the president on and former leader. Maurie on Health Grounds is admired by some peruvians for fighting malise rebels but for many his rule is synonymous with human rights abuses and rampant corrupt