[000:00:00;00] the headlines 0 then. yeah, it's good to have you with us. this is the news our lives from the coming up in the program today. regional officials call for a stable, secure and safe syria. while the us carries out air strikes in the east known as the capital of the syrian revolution, we'll be reporting from homes where there is hope for better days. ahead is really forces a tech, a convoy carrying aid to starving families in the central gaza. and use remote control vehicles to plants, explosives at

a hospital in the north just 2 weeks after voting to impeach the president, south korea's opposition vows to do the same to his entering successor. the the us military says it is carried out what it called a precision air striking eastern syria, killing to iso members and entering another. the attack was in the dare resort providence and area formerly controlled by the syrian regime. us central command says they've hit the fighters as they were moving a truckload of weapons houses, there was how can i help r as in the syrian capital hush, and what do you know about the strike? and also can you give us the, the broader, relevant context of what's happening in eastern syria serial i with this is say that these were, in fact 2 at strikes,

targeting 2 areas on the outskirts of data as well. and the targets as part of the statements made by the american as well. uh, i sell fighters. the very problem with that particular area is the presence of remnants of ice sales in, in the deserts of serial. till see the vast does that have it to be that scratches all the way east towards iraq and south towards georgia. and this is not a fast as truck conducted by the international coalition met by the united states of america. i've been talking over the last few days with senior officials here about what's next when it comes to expanding the influence of the new administration. in fact is the parts of syria and they say it's just some sort of time, but they say they are confident that the ice it is no longer. i says it used to be back in 2014 unless it's just a matter of time before they can control the area. and if it is, if the only the issue here with ices,

is that the american say the reason why the teaming up with the y p g the, the main code destruction operating even though it's been positive. sylvia is because the out of course, online in the fight against and i sent the text the serial administration saying that should stop and the americans should allow the new administration expand these influence and take control over the entire area. but i said, we continue to be a major flight for many neighboring countries and for the americans in particular, sasha, let's talk about the diplomatic moves going on where you are. only 2 weeks ago, syria was very closely allied to iran, into russia. that picture has completely changed their major diplomatic moves going on with this new administration. can you brief us on that? i spoke late yesterday with the see the a member of the new administration about what is next for them. and they said listen off to the wave of the visits from a see any uh uh,

and what's the officials minnesota far enough, as of jordan to the city of delegation from cuts off from the e u. and also from the americans were expecting him audio to be an upcoming face to follow suit and visit damascus to build new ties. with this new administration, there is the mountain which is building up and this explains why her mother saw that yesterday. they did fax to lead the city. i said, i am determined to stop in the upcoming days. the national come for us to show that we genuinely want to see a transition to democracy isn't going to west. we have to wait and see if this new diplomatic flooding is quite a significant development that could pave the way for the buddha, diplomatic recognition of the new authority. as we're going to see in this my thoughts jordan's 40 minutes to avon stuff at the end of ask us

is gone through. she has a border with syria. it's been close, the monitoring fast moving developments as these viney tubes can do that and goes into the province not far from jordan to the till damian top diplomat insisted in his meeting with sylvia's new administration on the need to form an inclusive government. the key here is syria needs to move the syrian lead process syrian syrian process to rebuild the system in which all students are presented. this is the moment got to, i always became the 1st international and line to then in damascus of to the full of us that state to minister for far enough as well. how much does what a fee is got to us, see a different amount to visit. domestic us is 2011 window high. sebo ties with the boss goes off to the root to track down on civilians by asset cutoff is among many countries that have established contact in recent days. with serious due

administration led by some of the shuttle shuttle upsets up. we will stand by the side of our brothers and syria in all fronts, in the upcoming phases of the genital top of the stuff. they expressed the preparedness to stop and resubmit an old fields, namely an energy especially that contact pioneer is in the field of energy. the same also applies to the pulse and see poults gosh, draft and desperate to build times with the weld him at a subtle how sold for an own voice. sylvia with an hosted, it is with its neighbors. but for now, how about us out save his main focus is rebuilding the economy and ensuring justice and freedom for a nation emerging out of decades of oppression. before real diplomatic activities assigned, growing into national desire to reach out to the new administration and explore which direction post assets serial will take. for the new authorities. it's a significant boost of the plans,

the transition hosted by the 0. the baskets for 2 weeks on from the fall of the regime, the people of homes are looking into the future. the city was once considered the beating heart of the syrian revolution. assad's forces launched a brutal crack down there in response to widespread protests in 2011 houses. here was mohammed vol. has this report come on for this neighborhood in the city of since it may take us to forget the past, the days of our production may be over. but it's cause i get to go. i'm not competing buildings. they're also engraved in people's hops, land or not at homes. and when we arrived in homes on december 8th, the sadness was visible everywhere. it was as if even the bulls with crying. i myself haven't lost any family members, but i felt so much pain, seeing people crying, both from joy over the full of the dictator and pain of the loss of their loved ones. it's

a loss that can never be caught in sight. i feel sad. he says he's family, spend 5 years in displacement caps on the funding with mountains before the managed to still keep and now he's back in comes to prepare for the 10 is for and again has a different story and then the but i'm one of the doctors are decided not to leave the country and we witnessed difficult situations. neighborhoods are constantly showed. we admitted people, whine, extremely critical conditions. some bodies were headless, some with no arms or legs. an 18 year old had half of his body mangled by a button, even though he was still a light vista. and that account, i'm assuming the stories across syria and the my uncle was arrested him until now. he's missing. i was the refugee and 11 on i returned to find my home destroyed. and yet i am happy beyond imagination about the change. a change is happening fast. 2 weeks after the fall of a some,

a said holmes is vibrant with my thinking. small vendors are back on the streets. markets like these one are springing up in places where in the past it was forbidden to display any goods and restrictions that were causing people to starve to death. have now been lifted. dealing and kind of sous was 64, didn't know people doing it to be open to whole sent exports, happy suspended to allow business to flush and more importantly, people are able to speak out and ask what they want from the government in 2011 homes wasn't became the cops of, of that, of ocean. that's because in april of that yeah, it became the 1st city. well, hundreds of testers were killed by the shot and said, security falls of the incident took place right here. this square. this marks the change from these for the uprising to the system. and then as if it was what even though both

a sense of going to people of homes awesome to and between the joy of change and the trauma of the past. with so many things to put him at so many rooms to hear how much fun of the zillow homes of the new as easy as country manager of humanity in inclusion. that's an international independent charity working in syria. you're joining us from amman. thank you for your time today. so one of the priorities among the multiple priorities to syria right now is kick starting the economy, which has been crippled by sanctions with your teams on the ground. uh, are you seeing renewed signs of life for this whole thing? economy in syria. thank you very much for letting me actually i was listening to the previous tests. the one is, i'm not supposed to mention that before the, there's a change in government, so that's occurring the must consume the previous week with already 16 mean they're fine, 7 media and actually people in the,

the see them that does not necessarily change in the past 2 weeks and will not be changing in the near future. of course of that is they need to for a huge push to number the corner me to not will livelihood to for the, for felicia to publish them. but these are they, the inside see the, and the pollution that we sort of don't have to see the we have also to, to the mind that there is still more than sending me another space people inside student that's more, they don't have necessarily any where to go to, especially this is the lean closer to safety going samsung contamination across the counseling in this, the guy that we definitely hope with the, the, oops, and the dream. so some of we should also mention that in previous interviews for the cs are fulfilled. and that's where the choir, i mean, could i do better work a little after us? there are strict economic sanctions on placed on syria. that's been the case for years. there is talk of lifting them now with this new administration that it hasn't happened yet. what would that mean for the syrian people to lift the

sanctions on the syrian economy? i'm done with desperately potentially help with the economy to, to boston, to work for his human, to southern extent, ascension. i as all figured that usually belongs to governments and politics to the have the meaning. so we do not necessarily combine some data, what we can say, and what we always have advocated for extension for your mind body and a need for sure. you mentioned that there are 7000000 internally displaced people in syria. it's often said that during this war, half of the syrian population was displaced. what are you seeing? are they rushing back to their homes? are they taking more of a wait and see attitude? what do you seeing on the ground? definitely do. some of them are turning home or attempting to return home. some of them have unfortunately no place to go. and the status of that house is the

villages do not exist anymore. in some instances. some uh, definitely uh, taking a bullshit of wait and see, its will know that to also see the eyes not more as being destroyed in the past 14 years. so no services are they are available. are they available across the country? but thinking about the house and location, 3700000 sheets that are out of school or beneficiaries of intern meeting services therefore, is actually quite the sort of family to take the decisions to go back home without even knowing if that has any services or any possibility to come back to i did is easy country manager for humanitarian guessing humanity and inclusion. thank you. thank you. the israel's military is continuing its assault on the only functioning hospital left

in northern gauze. at least 20 patients and medical staff have been injured by explosions around colored one hospital in bait. la ha, witnesses a remote controlled vehicles. delivered boxes with the word danger written on them . and the boxes are believed to have contained explosives, which were later designated. talk to somebody who sophia is the director of colored one hospital. he sends out 0 this update from inside the building. shortly after the less. because he had some a short while ago to military bro bought his detonate to the hospital, causing serious damage and injuring about 20. some people, both stuff and, and patients. this explosion was very close. and it's the 1st time they have used these kinds of robots need to combine, allowed one hospital and is really forces of killed at least 32 palestinians across the gaza strip. in the past 24 hours, the drone attack on a convoy carrying a pill listings in darrow about a killed 4 security guards. 3 others were injured. any attack funerals have been

held after and is really drawn strike hit tense housing, displace families that attack, killed 7 people. and that was in the so called safe zone of milwaukee houses here as honey mountain. who does live in darrow bella? that's in the central part of the gaza strip. to start with what's happening in the north, specifically in and around commode one hospital. we talk about this almost daily honey there in the zone that has been besieged by these really ministry for almost 70 days. what can you tell us about colored one at the moment? the a thorough, the tops right now seems to be extending to include the other 2 health facilities in the northern part of the strip that includes allowed the hospital. this is a charitable health organization to providing a free health care for the population it another part of this trip, even before this for is a, this part of the other hospital is the indonesian hospital,

a larger health facility. and for the past month and since the beginning of the ground offensive these really operations on the ground, these 2 hospice hospitals provided much of the needed support to the mother and one hospital in terms of of transferring patients and injuries terms of providing much needed. and medical supplies and from their warehouses, it from the medical supplies stories in both of them. but right now the tax seems to lose them and to push them out of the surface. one of them is it is a really crippled by the ongoing. i've talked with the indonesian hospital in the past month and before the ground offensive on the ground is really monetary burden . much of the uh, the facilities of the indonesian hospital forcing, many of the people do evacuated from the area all the way to come out. i was one and then through the allowed the hospital. but as of past midnight, this really monetary issue is warning to everyone inside the hospital,

including the patients and dangers were still attached to many of the medical equipments and the tubes because they needed medical care inside the hospital. despite the middle that is available to provide them, but they were old for the past midnight to leave the building and be in the streets in the cold weather at night. and indeed, during much of the intimidation by the arm of the vehicles, by the time, by the watch captors under drones that filled up the skies as well as of 8 hour this morning, all are forced to go through a 2 gun point set up by this really monetary on, so that had been rolled, the other health facility that's allowed, the intelligence off that has not been a part of this trip, is at a, at that the top right now, the upper floors of the hospital have been shown by the heavy artillery then by the what is it a point, the upper floor of the hospital caught on fire and many of the surrounding residential units also caught in fire as the, the attacks continue and what seems to be right now the luxury attacks on the

remaining holds facility that at some point provided support to come out at one hospital, the honey, the a groups that we interview often tell us that when a little a, the does get allowed into the gaza strip regularly gets attacked. and we got an example of that again and is really drone attack on a convoy that was carrying a to your part of the gaza strip there. about what happened will be a talk with from last night wasn't far away from here we're talking about one kilometer from a lot. the hospital. this is the intersection, the main entrance of their velocity, all the way to the downtown of the area right here, where a convoy medical of fluid supplies and a human interior indeed was on its way from the southern part of district, the designated points. here it was joined by the guards who are securing the delivery of these a trucks and when a drawn fired

a missile at this particular truck. here's exactly what happened to a group of gunmen. and these are the looters who are here, little protected by these really military and hijacked one of the trucks and would be the guard, the security guard. just try the cheese for about 10 minutes to get the truck back onto. the law had been rolled and managed to get rid of the gunman who managed to flee the scene. but as soon as the guard were able to secure the truck back on, while i had been boats drawn, fired the missile on the that particular vehicle that was carrying the for security guard and killed them. this cause they may have a cause. many of the loaders do have fear one more time, and so that have you know, to unload the truck entirely, so none of the humanitarian 8 on the truck, made its way to the designated point. this is not the 1st time we've seen this happen. in fact, it's very consistent with the past incidents we're lewters at high jack attracts.

and then as soon as the security person out and law enforcement try to secure these the trucks, ex drones, appear of nowhere, and fire at the security on what seems to be deliberate on purpose, to cause more, may have to cause more more of the key arctic situations right, and so far we're looking at thursday of the security guards so far, whether they are from the law enforcement or from the local community volunteering to secure these the delivery of these the trucks. so that is the, the, the designated point causing disruption of the aid mechanism that is already broken . since the beginning of this genocide, the one honey my who thank you very much to you and your team for your reporting out of the gaza strip this morning. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has told the parliament that his government has made some headway in negotiations with how much he also announced his plans for the future of the region trip out of him to do what i wanted to tell you cautiously that there was

a sewage in progress and the student progress is due to 3 main reasons. he actually good morning, i don't know how long it will tank. we will continue to operate in any way and with nouns or polls until we bring them all back home from the enemy's land of the cuttings, together without american freedom design team to expand abraham piece of codes. and by doing so, we will dramatically change the size of the middle east, even through the. joining us now is how it has on the raleigh professor of international affairs at guitar university. so benjamin netanyahu said there was progress in the ceasefire and hostage release talks going on right now between is real and homeless. your hear that and you think what? i think care one thing is the smoke screen to conceal the difference? we gotta be nothing, you know, as being the paying lift, jarvis, so old boys down to this effect. but when it comes to addressing that issue, which is releasing the hostages, i think he's not doing enough. he's using them as it protects in order to continue

the war. and he's trying to create an impression among the related that, that he has been doing as best in order to secure an agreement by saying, you know, the fuel gaps here. and there that they need to to break, but at the same time he's saying that he doesn't have a clue. when does he and i come to an end? i think he, this is a, this should be understood within the context of the intent and politics of as well . he went to parenting classes here for you. he was never sincere at all. he's using the whole concept in order to further his own political identity kind of interest in as well. and even the same speech, she was like, even mocking the opposition for not pointing out to the success or the treatments and in syria and lebanon, and guys. and he mentioned like 3 reasons for his thinking that he's very close to a deal. and all this boils down to one thing that military achievement that he's bragging about me. and even he went further. he was saying that she would change

the face of the release. and he also, it creates a kind of a full school that i'm in a lot of other things a lot. yeah. that's what i just i, i agree with that. i agree with that, but he's always taking this even beyond that by saying i'm countries are happy with that and the to have these with his right to control the, the app. and because i think this is a kind of creating even the legacy, you know, that's, you know, he's the man, he's even more important. they've been grilling when he established the state of the 1948. he's the one and also that's clearly contradicted by what saudi one of the key regional powers has said. they have said no normalization of this real until this a palestinian state. they've said that because of the war and gaza before the war. i mean, uh, all observers were saying that they were very close to have to even inc and an agreement. but then the cleaning door because the public opinion among not only sell your data, but also in the middle east and the international public opinion that turned against as well. it is really uh,

is going to be very difficult for the sell just to justify uh, moving uh and signing a peach tree, the wood wood is and before doing something uh on the in the us team and a track i saw a philistine estate is i will say, uh, is it pick condition for normalization, but who knows, you know, nothing, you know, saying something and it seems like he's confident, but also at this misplaced confidence. we've seen this before. it's never actually, it translated into meant to present some things about the change, the big change in less than a month. donald trump becomes a new us president and he has said if the hostages are not released by the time i come into office, there's going to be hell to pay. does that change the calculus for both? i'm us and you know i will and it should, it was i was gonna say yes um, how much as we can but there's no question about that. and probably that's why they are really looking for a deal down with to ensure them survival and then show a we've cut the cut back of the last of that they've kind of seen as,

but for nothing. yeah. one time he's saying on the one handy saying that, you know, he's willing to move fox find a piece with metal piece dealt with. or even if he's fine with the thought of seeing it. but and other, how do you see the statements coming from his minister of foreign affairs fonts? i think that's the way things nothing you know to continue the project. so what are the projects other than expansion other than if mckenzie. so they believe these raiders believe now and here i'm talking about the, the, the government ministers, and that's the tumble, not putting the pressure on it as well. and he's only using this in order to put more pressure on a mass. and the back has a mass in the region. and so the home of the news has shifted actually with the defeats of his belong to the faith of your items here. yeah. and nothing you all feel that you know, he, if you've defined a victory that shouldn't be capitalized on. so now giving into all these emphasis a trick of, of the term. i think this is a, i think it's too early to judge a sound the wrong. thank you very much for joining us in the studio this hour.

the, the tide government is looking for investors, but and vicious project, a bridge connecting the indian in pacific oceans. the idea has been discussed for centuries, and it will likely face many obstacles if it goes ahead. houses are, as tony chang has more from or known pristine. beecham, thailand, southern coast, unspoiled by tourism, old trade. but the governments promoting a project that could turn this into one of the busiest trading routes in the world . the land bridge is a project that involves the construction of 2 deep sea pools. one knew the town for know the other, underneath the jump on a high speed railing which shuttle containers between the 2 and the pipeline for the transfer, the oil and gas, or in a nearby fishing village,

the residents are concerned. they know very little about the project, but the local government has told them they'll have to move those without the right deeds won't get any compensation. if that's what happens is that most of the people here are fishermen. they do traditional fishing with small boats. if the project goes ahead, our traditional life will be gone. everything in our village will disappear. the provincial capital, rent on a bustling board. a town name in law is famous mainly for its fish market. the device governance says they're ready to become a center of global trade, and investors from the u. a saudi arabia and china are already showing up. or the chinese assessing if this is an opportunity that can connect time these trade and how they can put investment in this project. the idea is known as a new one. the crow, this most has historically been at the center of speculation about the channel linking the indian and pacific oceans. for centuries,

thailand has toyed with the idea of using. this was the way that goes up between thailand to me and my to get across to the gulf of thailand, which edits now is point would only need a canal of about 40 kilometers. but the technical capabilities, the cost and the diplomatic ramifications. the voice stilton, $94000.00 ships a year passed through the streets of malacca. the land bridge could come full days of that journey, but upset the 2 political balance of the region, especially of china takes an interest tire, really racing, southport, through the oceans. and this could be another breakthrough of, of china. us, of course, would not countenance that it would maneuver to offset and you know, push back against any chinese assertion. so this would be a complicated to, to help with co, you question. the proposed cost of the land bridge, a trillion us dollars may be enough to sink these ambitious plans. but the dream of

joining 2 of the world's oceans through thailand likely remain tony chung, out to 0 rent on southern time in $59.00. the bunk city rock is a professor of political science and international relations that you alone calling university. you're joining us from bangkok, thank you for your time. so what we're talking about here potentially is a massive infrastructure project that would connect the pacific and engine oceans through thailand. it's easy to see the benefit for ships because that's totally pointed out in his report. it saves them 4 days, right? of, of travel time. what would be the big benefit for thailand? the 1st time it was just a sense of gratitude and the reasons to yourselves. kinda now, i mean, it's uh, being on the cut by the bulk of the space that has benefits testing and for more than that time, a nice, a new both ends and, you know, about 30 years ago trying to develop this, the eastern seaboard, eastern seaboard reports that, that has been the nurturing and,

and promoting growth then, or the case. but now that has kind of flowed ronnie's course. and a tiny part of me is in the doldrums. timing has had the prices for 2 decades. so the whole country feels like it's falling behind, it needs to make up room space and broth. and this is a pipe dream is an element project, but now i think we didn't need to call them as we've talked since in a while back in time. so his daughter is a prime minister there trying to gain some tax. and i think the, the key is the, the critical mass was the, there's a big being bused or to get into it if they have enough confidence, then deposit the more realistic not as a pipe the, but it's a long way ahead. i wonder, do the type people take an interest in this? do they want this to happen or is this all playing out in the spirit sphere is a very big business and investors. a lot of times people are the ones that you find a need to do well possibly because you know, ty, economy plus has been to really stop underwhelming and people begin with the stuff

of household that is very high over 90 percent of g d p. so for people who get anything that was, is fine for the governments, you know, this governments became a 2nd to put 5 parties not mean the election. but because of the distortion manipulations, the winning policy got to be solved and the governments and they have this uh, you know, trademark policy, solid power by not what it is. and then it's, and this was a kind of a visionary, but it's also about the best idea. at least we now know that the canal idea cutting a canal. now it's finished is not going to happen now. but the last version of the ship us is shipping companies say the cost benefit as do unclear, you know, the idea of, uh, coming one side on the other, wanna see the noise and, and then unloading everything and bring it back on the rail to the other side the uh, the, the time end up in speed goes in and then reloading that whole process may not be cost effective. but if it can happen, they can also as evolve other ideas,

other things, you know, they pop up the photos, all kinds of bucks a lot for industries that could come out of it. took them out of punk city rock. thank you very much for joining us. on the else, is there a news our and still ahead this hour? find out why the position in mozambique is calling on protesters to shut down the country? the has been a significant for us now the last couple of days across the hall to your focusing between the on the 9th is but not entirely side of the house of it now is this low in the address is throwing stony weather across the bulk and on the high ground to the north and west of that of that. so that's part of the focus for tuesday wednesday. so those are the bulk and spreading to was bulgaria and remind you.

increase the down to us greece and southern talk you. hi brian mostly, but not entirely to be honest. look at the time sheets with time to low single fingers and started over. for example, in the same up in prague where there's some not replaces as now on the ground. it is model let you know that from the british child the next couple days will be up into double figures, but sorry, a very represents a place where it will stay cold. so those child's likely on wednesday sub 0, even your highest temperature by day rather than to friday with snow could be back on because it's one small. now we have seen snow for the science and the after this match is a high interest and the office. and this is about 1500 meters south of high interest in in morocco itself. so significant snow here. i think you'll agree. no more of that to come, that looks fine and some of you, but the restore me with an eye for pots. so to easy a more especially libya again to the

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your 0 the the, we watching else 0 reminder of our headlines this, our, the us military says it has carried out, would have pulled a precision air striking the eastern syria. the attack was indeed their resort providence. an area formerly controlled by the syrian regime us central command, says if i saw fighters as they were moving, a truck load of weapons is really forces or attacking, meet tomorrow at one hospital in big enough here in northern gaza. witnesses, the remote control vehicles, the positive bosses, the leads to contain explosives, which were laid is designated is really forces have detained more than a 100 pallets. students including children near hebron in the occupied west. thank

is really soldiers conducted their biggest arrest on probation there since october the 7th last year and also our camp. they use sound bones and tear gas during what was the 3rd rate on the camp in 24 hours and in geneva, and renewed battle between palestinian fighters and palestinian authority security forces. l 0 has been told an officer with the palestinian authority was killed on monday. the conflict there has been ongoing for almost 2 weeks with fighters and the janine can reject de which camp rejecting the palestinian authorities rule. come to. so who has the latest from jordan's capital amman and she's there because these really government has been dash 0 from reporting in israel and in the occupied west bank for nude clashes between the palestinian authorities, security forces and fighters of the janine battalion in the occupied west bank the p a says they're trying to cram down on the armed fighters in jeanine. but remember that the p a has little to no power in places like nablus. and you need know in the

last 2 weeks there been unprecedented raids by the p. a in jeanine, there had been ways to policy means killed by fire from the p a. and the policy and authority says that one of their security forces officers has been killed by fighters in janine. now sources also say that there was 3 bullets that hit the governor at hospital in the occupied westbank city with the head of the janine battalion has said that they are not going to light up the previously, they were taking it easy on the p. a security forces, but that's not going to be the case. since the p a has stepped up its rates, the palestinian authority says that they are going to prosecute whoever violates the law to the fullest of its extent. does that who just eat off a man of the demonstration has been held in the syrian capital to protest against the burning of a christmas tree near hama demonstrators, march through damascus, demanding. the rights of christians is not clear who was responsible for the new leadership condemned acts,

and promised that the perpetrators will be punished. but much as there is christian minority is preparing for their festive season, and many are celebrating a new government and the hosting of a side at the same time. others are still dealing with the pain of losing loved ones during the war. and a worried about the future or hon reports santa it's in syria. this year he rings his bell under a new flag. it's been just over 2 weeks since the higher the election took the capital and ousted long term data. but y'all, all sides bought christmas preparations, continue. the serious new lead to shut out has assured religious minorities that there will be unity and the way of life won't be at risk in a church, in the old city of damascus theory. and christians hold mass like many of the sex and syria,

they remain both wary untruthful of the countries new government. initially, most of our multiple fed up our position is that of monitoring to see what may happen in order to judge if these factions now ruling syria. and there are serious about creating a civil society where all citizens have the opportunity to live freely. and especially it's christian citizens, so we're waiting christians like people from o sex and religions across syria. have fun. goals of moving to decades of who and media katrina's son has the missing since 2012. the new takeover of syria is giving her hope and finding him filled out with the the so looking at my son was engaged, it's been 12 years. so when he was kidnapped, well distribution and invitations help us. we don't know anything about it. i'm afraid that this christmas here will return home. may god return all of the missing to their families. in 5 to my christine neighborhood in the heart of damascus,

syrians mingle among the like. the on the 2nd no big we're at the christmas market in damascus for the 1st time we have celebration. yet without aside, the ambience is great. for the 1st time, we have feeling the national songs while we are free spots while from us celebrating in the narrow streets of damascus, many a waiting to see if a new government often bolt in the hall for century of the assault regime also brings new hope of superior see nor con, elders there on the breaking news of turkey. a, there's been a powerful blast at an explosives factory. this happened in the city of ballad, because here in the northwestern part of the country, at least 12 people have been killed. and we understand that the building has collapsed, or seeing the aftermath their emergency services or at the see will bring him on that. as soon as we get it,

the less than 2 weeks after impeaching the president south korea's opposition is no threatening to do the same. to his replacement acting, president conduct suit took over from you in stucco. the opposition wants him to approve an investigation into the suspended president, which has already been passed by parliament. human faces charges of insurrection for an attempt to impose martial law. his wife also faces charges of corruption, also zeros robin varieties. and so, so rob, i gave a very brief summary of what's happening, but walk us through that one more time. the president was in peach to was replaced by his prime minister. now the opposition is going after the prime minister, the acting president. why that? that's right. that this is all happened this tuesday afternoon. the opposition made opposition party has voted unanimously to go ahead with this motion of impeachment . it will be introduced into the national assembly on thursday,

the 26 and could be voted upon as early as friday or saturday. now they had, uh they had, uh, they're moving ahead with this impeachment because they have been demanding special independent investigation councils into, into the president unit. also the, the 1st lady into the actions that they have been taking while in office of the a prime minister. hon who took co but when you was impeached as the acting president, if that he now goes ahead with his impeachment, the 3rd in line is the finance minister, the deputy prime minister who was then takeover. so all of this threatens to cause further did a instability, political instability, and also the vacuum political vacuum in the very top of government here in south korea. rob, where are we on the investigation into the now impeached president units of fuel?

or that's all right, so had the impeached president, is it facing the multiple investigations on charges of insurrection and also abusive power from different agencies? he was summons to appear by one of these bodies investigating him that full questioning last wednesday he did not appear. he's also been summons to report full questionnaire and given another chance to attend for questioning tomorrow, wednesday, he has indicated through his own lawyer. he is unlikely to do that. and on friday we are seeing the constitutional court start to hear the preliminary hearings into his impeachment. whether to uphold about impeachment rolling or whether to over to that. and that is a whole separate process, a process that will take several months to here. now says 0 is running the bright reporting from sol, south korea, thank you. up in the us state department says it is concerned that mozambique stop court has confirmed the governing parties. controversial when in october as

presidential election. the opposition has disputed the result saying that the vote was rig houses. there was hardly latasha reports from the capital and the food to a position supporters in mozambique react to the constitutional council of decision vida, but not too much. climate has told them to shut was indeed down in its final county, the council, se daniel chapel from the government for lima potty secured about 65 percent of the votes. low at the end, the speaker a more than 70 percent given by the electoral commission. in late october, the council also gave for lima few of seats in parliament, but did not explain why this time around. you have a new scenario. we now have be confirmed and let some results. they know that the leader has loved one, so the people could take the streets in great and number and great to momentum. the police have said zip i asked you for now try and keep the people inside this cords . and inside these many poor neighborhoods,

prevent them from breaking out branching out. going to other neighborhoods of my poor to and eventually into the city since a way they feel that property could be destroyed. the full email has always denied allegations of for treating some election of service. and opponents don't believe that c, c point face or thought, but we are living in this. we have people all across the country. they did the country protesting against the results. they need to add the port of it later jasper's. but the opposition doesn't seem to have many options and the end because this is not kind of so he's the guy is to add to do some entity, you know, what kind of to be. it's a really big kind of be not to your soul from that perspective. it is the and decent results that be just a nose. they are,

the dozens of people had been killed since purchased the gad in october, the and risk as also stick to the economy. these are fall is how uncertain times for mozambique. how do we to us out of there? the french military is delivering desperately needed a dislike loan hidden layouts. drinking water and other supplies are being brought in by sea and air to the french territory in the indian ocean. 35 before killed in 2 and a half 1000 injured when cycling sheet of 50 island earlier this month. local authorities say the true number of fatalities could be in the thousands of to serving 25 years of a 30 year sentence in the us prison. a colombian drug lord is back in his home country . bobby ochoa was deported to build a town and released upon arrival, a show at random drug distribution center in miami that was linked to the late quarter liter pablo escobar. he was arrested in 1996. the drug trafficking and extradited to the us along with 40 other members of

a drug smuggling ring. first it was canada and mexico. then the european union. and now us president elect donald trump, has panama in his sites. he has suggested that washington could take back control of the panama canal, theresa, but reports to santa monica. now, the artificial waterway, connecting the atlantic and pacific oceans, which ones controls whether united states that change 25 years ago. but now donald trump says the united states could take it back to our navient. com, or as have been treated very unfair, and in jude dishes way. the fees being charged by panama ridiculous, highly unfair, especially knowing the extraordinary generosity that has been bestowed to panama, as i say, very flawlessly,

by the united states. this complete rip off of our country will immediately stop the stop. he's comments and go dependent. most precedent was quick to reply, got on the water. oh, you cannot live every square meter of the panama canal and its surroundings below to panama, and will continue to belong to panama, the sovereignty and independence of our country. a non negotiable of the canal was built in the early 19 hundreds, and the us controlled it until 1977. when jimmy carter signed a series of treaties that gave control to panama, those treaties allow the us to intervene militarily, if the canals neutrality threatens. but don't give washington any ride to take it back up to $14000.00 ships across the canal per year. it's the 2nd most important water wayne dwelled after this wes canal. and around 75 percent of the goods passing through the canals are either coming from or headed to the united states. china is

a canal 2nd biggest customer. a chinese company owns 2 of the 54 to located close to the canal. and that may be what trump had in mind when he warned against his falling into the wrong hands and suggested china, what's exciting influence over it. china is getting stronger and left in america. so many things the terms he's putting for in, in the he's a social network are related to that to them. eric, my name was economy's t p linked to the us, more than 20000 americans live there. and the us dollar is an official currency drums remarks have generated concerned in a region filled with uncertainty about what i need from presidency will bring about the impact it will have on secuity and global trade status. i will just see us present. and joe biden has commuted the sentences of 37 federal inmates on death row. their sentences will be converted to life in prison without parole. 3 men guilty of the most serious crimes,

still face execution. our white house correspondent kimberley alcott has more on this from washington, dc, or under us president joe biden. there has been a moratorium on federal executions for death row inmates. president joe biden fears that could all change under president elect donald trump next month in january when trump is inaugurated. in fact, under trump's previous term, he executed 13 death row inmates in just 6 months. that is more the previous 10 president's combined. so on monday, 5, and took aggressive action, commuting the sentences of 37 death row inmates to life in prison, just 3 of the remaining death row inmate. we still faced the execution and all have been convicted of mass murder. now the computations are not without controversy. in

fact, many of the critics argue that president 5 and has a vista rated the hard work of dozens of judges and juries who have had to deliberate over very complicated legal cases. and that the president has essentially elevated his personal aversion to capital punishment over the reef of victims. families. still, the white house is defending the actions of the president saying that he has looked at these cases very carefully and, but he hasn't acted in good conscience and that his conscience compelled him to convert these sentences even as pulls consistently show that a majority of americans support the death penalty in the united states. kimberly, how could al jazeera washington, the still ahead on elsa 0. the far right

leaders in germany hold a rally in the city of mac, the bird where a 5 to 4 killed in a car. i mean,

i've tackled of christmas market the the domain is outgoing president has asked the left is the social democrats, my child to a quote, to form a new government, the top court cancel the previous presidential election after a far right pro russian politician won the 1st round of november, it slighted evidence, but more still let in into steering's campaigns. charlie angela reports of the

weeks of uncertainty. finally, a deal to keep the far right out of government and put the social democrat prime minister muscle to a lack of backend they say, and they spend a little fuzzy to, i know me, they missed and most so. so luckily for the position of a prime minister of the government of romania at the same time allow me to wish much success to the new collision bill, european romanian, coalitional i think they will co very well with the problems which we are now facing on it thought that the coalition deal unites to alaska is ruling social democrats who 122 percent of the vote with the national liberal party. and the 3rd group representing minorities united. they'll block the fall. right. nation is groups who one 3rd of the vote for the numerous challenges had 3, but they would come pretty cut the a deal we live in complicated times. but i think we have all that. and from the mistakes of the past, i hooked up together with my colleagues and the coalition. we will find the best

solution to successfully overcome the challenges we face the my, i'm aware that it will not be an easy monday. priorities would include re running the a no presidential elections cancelled off the suspects. it's social media interference or must go catapulted in on the pro russian candidate into the lead and the need to cut the use widest budget got fundamentally restore the public's trust in politics . sharianda out is there. germany's for right a if the party is held a rally in magda berg the scene of friday's car running attack on a christmas market. hundreds of people gathered to morton the victims a 50 year old man faces charges of murder and attempted murder. he is a saudi citizen who has lived in germany since 2006 houses. there was dominic cain reports from berlin in speaking to a riley inactive with the city where the christmas market was attacked. that deadly attack giving at least 5 people,

causing 200 of other casualties. alley spider said something about the suspect to the taco that nobody else has said she calls him on is limits. although many of a politician seen the politicians in the states and at the federal level of cold him and his lemme for, she went further instead of back to the suspect. anyone who despises even kills the citizens of a country that brought some asylum. anyone who despises everything we stand for does not belong to us. when she says us that, that can be in germany. but it can also mean the far right movement of which she is leader. why she's saying that because of the obvious contradiction, there is between the fact that this is a man, a suspect to online. i prefer to himself, with all my and in video as being is lambs, harshest critic. and it'd been raging against what he could of this is dominic location of germany. views that very many people on the far right of this country also hold. so

a clear contradiction that the question for how does file for the i if they do for the past 2 days i've been trying to distance themselves completely from this individual is will why the society believe that there is no contradiction. that there is a clear distance between him and the movement. it's a sense, so question. why? because of the election coming up in less than 8 weeks. dominant came houses, era bullying. and that wraps up this news. our, i'm several, then you will be back at the top of the hour. that's in just a moment with more international news. we will, we with this, the, this is the volcano of kilo way on the big island of hawaii, the theater updated in the middle of the night. this is one of the world's most active volcanoes, and a lot of it began flowing through the fissures spreading out. we're back in just

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