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caroline davis, bbc news, jaranwala.orated with a living christmas tree. natural and sustainable decorations, including hand—turned wood, dried oranges, and pine cones hang from its branches. the king is a long—term environmental campaigner so the tree will be replanted after the broadcast. from giant glowing figures in colombia to spinning projections in australia, the world's cities are embracing christmas. have a look at some of the best sights across the world. festive symphonic music plays. some wonderful scenes around the world. that is almost from this half—hour bulletin. ijust want world. that is almost from this half—hour bulletin. i just want to show you like pictures again from gaza on the border, hostility is continuing as israel's prime minister says the war will go on until they reach all of their objectives. president biden again emphasising the critical need to protect civilians, save the children telling this programme only a short while ago what that what they desperately need is a ceasefire and the abi

caroline davis, bbc news, jaranwala.buckingham palace room, decorated with a living christmas tree. natural and sustainable decorations including hand—turned wood, dried oranges, and pine cones, hang from its branches. the king is a long—term environmental campaigner, so the tree will be replanted after the broadcast. back with more of the day's headlines, so do stay with us. good morning. this christmas eve is looking pretty windy for many of us. it could cause travel disruption if you are setting out through today. especially the roads, rail and airports. they could be problems there. no ireland and scotland will see the biggest problems. —— northern england and scotland. we could see gusts of 50—70 mph across northern scotland, but even eastern pennines could see crosswinds. showers coming in across western areas, further south, outbreaks of rain but also very mild. temperatures up to 1a degrees, perhaps 15 degrees across england and wales and wales and we could see temperatures being broken across christmas eve. one

caroline davies, bbc news, jaranwala. aerospace defence command — or norad... joining me now is brigadier general derek o'malley, who's deputy director of operations at norad and chief santa tracker. thank you forjoining us today. firstly, tell me why you started doing this and how much interest you get from people. so doing this and how much interest you get from people-— get from people. so the started back in 1955, a child _ get from people. so the started back in 1955, a child had _ get from people. so the started back in 1955, a child had a _ get from people. so the started back in 1955, a child had a wrong - get from people. so the started back in 1955, a child had a wrong numberl in 1955, a child had a wrong number and asked bentley called our combat operations centre. the colonel who answered that call did not want to diss up with the child who was asking about santa so he pretended he was sent to and from there, the tradition began which we have continued over the past 60 years and has grown. today we have had ju

caroline davies, bbc news, jaranwala.ve still got a few hours to go. we can check on santa's whereabouts live, courtesty of norad's radar and global mapping system. he's currently heading to cleveland, ohio. so far, nearly 6 billion gifts have been delivered. you're watching bbc news. thanks as ever for your company and remember you can get the latest on our website. apparently it is now a white christmas here in washington, dc. snowing in the studio! from all of us here, merry christmas to you. hello there. it is going to be a white christmas, but only over the hills of northern scotland — it's too mild elsewhere. and on sunday, it was the warmest christmas eve since 1997. temperatures in the south reached 15.3 celsius. and these are the temperatures that we've got first thing on christmas morning, ranging from maybe close to freezing in north—east scotland to 12 degrees across southern england, where we're going to see some cloud and we're going to see some rain developing, and more rain develops in that cloud across en

caroline davies, bbc news, jaranwala.. according to their website said it was was last seen in brazil and due to be arriving around georgetown, guyana, in two minutes and ten seconds. 4.8 billion gift so far delivered. earlier, i spoke to brigadier general derek o'malley of norad. they asked him how the tracking service all started. this started back in 1955. a child had the wrong number and excilly called our combat operations centre. the colonel who answered the call did not want to disappoint the child who was asking about centre so he presented he was santa. so there —— from there the tradition continued we have continued for the past 68 years and it has gone. we havejust about a thousand volunteers who are participating. and to look at this for norad, our mission is to monitor and defend our airspace in north america, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, so really this is just a natural exception of that mission. obviously we are tracking a very important track and that, of course, is the big guy, santa claus, tonight.

jaranwala's christians have lost much this year.of her family home. rebuilding is slow. life in this charred space, exhausting. translation: we are tired now. in this one room, there is no facility. there is no light. no water. everything is finished. we don't have anything. she and her family received two million rupees from the government — just over $7,000. she says that's not enough. translation: it takes a whole lifetime to build a house. - our parents saved each and every penny for the house and now it's all burned. whatever we had, you can look at the house. it's all burned. for two million rupees, you can't rebuild this whole house. jaranwala's authorities told us that the amount given to families was based on an assessment of the loss of each house. this is what caused that loss. hundreds gathered injaranwala after two christians were alleged to have desecrated the koran. allegations of blasphemy. it turned violent. churches, homes burnt and ransacked. four months on, the authorities say all the churches have been rebuilt.

and we will bring you a report about the christian community in the pakistan city of jaranwala who arefour months ago. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. president biden has told the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that as israel continues its military campaign in gaza, there's a critical need to protect the civilian population, including those supporting aid operations. the white house said that in a phone call between the two men, mr biden also stressed the importance of allowing civilians to move safely away from areas where there's fighting. greg mckenzie reports. president biden told the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that as is real continues its military campaign in gaza, there is a