After being stranded for two days the surfer who bravely rides the waves, once again. Good morning. Its monday 13th november im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live rescue efforts are under way on the iran iraq border after a deadly earthquake struck overnight. More than 330 people have been killed, according to iranian officials. Thousands more have suffered injuries irans western kermanshah province has been particularly affected. 0ne Iranian Aid Agency said at least 40,000 people need shelter after homes were destroyed. The quake hit the border area between the two countries, around 30 kilometres south of halabja with a magnitude of 7. 3. It was so powerful, it was felt as far away as lebanon and turkey. Andrew plant has more. Carried into hospital amid the chaos at this clinic in iran. Victims of the earthquake on stretchers, others, walking wounded, as more and more of the injured arrived. The earthquake struck after dark. For rural villages in the affected areas, the sear
At the conclusion of a Mass of ordination in Rotorua on November 25, Bishop Stephen Lowe presented the new priest to the congregation.“Fr Jonathan Kilkelly, priest of Verbum Spei, priest of the Church of Jesus Christ,” Bishop Lowe said.
I am old enough to remember when candles were still allowed on Christmas trees; the feel of the little wax fingers as they went into the clip on holders on the tree which never seemed to stay upright.
Aid for the Church in Need has asked Catholics in Aotearoa New Zealand not to forget about the suffering Church in other parts of the world, particularly in the Middle East and in Nigeria.